Shoved to Them
I didn’t believe them when they said that her nerves were normal. Call it instinct or intuition, it doesn’t matter. I knew that they were wrong. I knew that the diagnosis of a psychosomatic disorder went right in the face of everything I knew about my practical and pragmatic child. I just knew it was in her nerves.
And I’m right….at least in part.
Two nights ago, I was helping her out of the bath when I noticed that while her fingers had wrinkled, her toes were smooth. After 45 minutes under water, they had not a single crease.
Here it is, proof.
It’s a positive sign of damage to her autonomic nervous system. It’s a system no one has bothered to check, or even mention. (You’re not really surprised, are you?) I don’t know what it means for her other than now they have to listen. This is one of those things which can’t be Conversion. The mind can’t fake this.
I prayed for clear evidence, and now we have it. Irrefutable proof.
In the short term, it means that the neurologist will be removing “Conversion Disorder” from the paperwork she sent to the insurance company. Lifting that label clears the way for genetic testing. Genetic testing means we should be able to figure out a name for this thing. A name leads to a plan of action.
We hope.
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