Mystery

Dr. Mary Beth Hensley took it in her hands to get to the roots of Kathi’s disease. Starting with blood tests, allergy tests to be sure that about everything. But all tests were cleared and nothing seemed to be the reason for Kathi’s condition. Nothing was diagnosed but to be on a safer side, Dr. Hensley added a number of antibiotics to keep her for the “elimination” approach. Dr. Hensley was expecting Kathi’s body will react to the antibiotics which will make it clear what exactly is wrong with her what happened next was almost unbelievable for them.

Bed Rest

Kathi was losing her strength to walk, she could hardly keep her eyes open. It was hard for a woman like her to stay at home all the time when she loved talking to people. Everyone in her family was worried and her friends were visiting her and wishing that she’ll get well soon. When the mysterious disease wasn’t diagnosed, people started giving their assumptions that were more hurting for Ashley.

All In Her Head?

When friends and relatives visited Kathi, they told Ashley that there’s a possibility that all this mysterious disease could be just a story inside Kathi’s mind. Ashley could not believe that as she saw her mother falling into this situation. She was understanding her mother’s sufferings, she was a witness of her health, she wasn’t ready to agree to what people said as she knew something was seriously wrong with Kathi which they’ve to get resolved.

From Herbal To Experts

Kathi wanted to get rid of his illness and she tried everything that she could. She looked through the internet to see what disease matches with her symptoms. She gave everything a try including natural remedies, herbal treatment concoctions, and other doctor’s advice. She even discussed her problem with the so-called online experts through emails and chats. Again all she got was just hands full of disappointment in the result.

Alone

Other than her daughter Ashley no one else was believing in Kathi and her issues. She was still in her 40s but looked like she has aged 20 years within a few months. People lost faith in Kathi, they all assumed that it was just a self-made story of her and that’s all but the truth was soon bring the world into shock. “Over the years it kept getting worse and worse,” her daughter, Ashley recalled.

Tests

What seemed like flu took more than 10 years of Kathi’s life. The woman who used to go to the hospital twice a year to get regular check-ups done has spent more than a decade visiting the doctors regularly. Dr. Hensley too felt helpless, she tried everything to help Kathi but nothing worked. Over the period of time, they did, “cardiac testing, chest x-rays, MRI’s [of] the brain, the spine, to see if something was related.” But all the reports were always showing that everything was fine with Kathi. “I felt we were very thorough but didn’t come up with a solution.” The problem was in her home that no one could ever have imagined.