kids

Christine Cox (ccox(AT)castanoplc.com)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:19:53 -0700

I would be interested to recieve mail from anyone with a child under
15 with transverse myelitis. My daughter, Claire, is 10 and was
struck with acute tm at the end of October. It left her paralyzed
from the waist down. She has had no return of feeling, and has no
independent bowel or bladder function. I am interested in learning
about vitamin therapy, if any, and also about immunology. Has anyone
had any experience with an immunologist, since this is an autoimmune
disease? Also, fatigue. How can that be counteracted? She will be
in a very academically competitive school in the fall, and I am
concerned about her 'keeping up'. I am also concerened about pre-
adolescent sexuality in children with this sort of condition. Also,
what about RFO's? Any insight?

Christine Cox