Johnny Boy

These posts will be for my family and friends who know and care about my brother John Derington. I will keep everyone updated on how he is doing. The information will be based on what I know, so if any family members know more or different information, please post it in the comments.

John's story so far:

A couple weeks ago, John started seeing fuzzy spots in his vision in one of his eyes. He went to an eye specialist, but they didn't know what was wrong. A few days later, he started feeling really dizzy and started seeing spots in his other eye too. On Sunday, August 2nd Krista brought him to the emergency room. They did a CAT and didn't find anything, so they did an MRI and found white spots on his brain. This made the doctors think it was multiple sclerosis. They did spinal tap to find out if it really is MS (the results won't be in for 2 weeks) and gave him some steroids and said he should be feeling better soon and sent him home.

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The next day, Monday, August 3rd, he went to an appointment with a neurologist. He was still feeling really dizzy and nauseous so the neurologist admitted him into the hospital.

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At this point, his symptoms include no sight in his left eye, numbness of the right side of his face, extreme dizzyness and nausea.

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The hospital has done a few more tests. They tested his heart and everything looks fine there. They have ruled out some viruses. The doctor sent a sample of his blood to the Mayo Clinic for analysis. Unfortunately, we still don't know what is wrong. He was released from the hospital this morning.

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Please keep John in your prayers.