I was at volleyball practice like any other day. I was doing a drill and hit my head hard on the ground while diving for the ball. I lost consciousness and it was scary. I got a concussion that put me out for a month.
About two months after I started passing out and we couldn’t figure why. After months and months of searching for the right doctor, we found on who diagnosed me with dysautonomia that developed when I hit my head. Later we found out that I also had Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS).
This disease has taken so many things I love from me. I sat out of volleyball for seven months. Right now I am currently sitting out again due to another accident.
Although it has taken so much, it has given me determination, and honestly a sense of peace. Raising awareness for this is so important because EDS and dysautonomia are known as often “invisible illnesses”.
No one knows what you’re going through.
No one understands how one minute you’re fine and the next you’re on the floor because you got dizzy.
Or the horrible migraines that mean you can’t even function when you have one.
This cause is so important to me and I want to make an impact on EVERYONE who struggles with EDS, or any type of disease!
