How it All Started

Symptoms:

• GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
• Difficulty sleeping

Diagnosis:

Hepatitis B: Hepatitis B is a viral infection that attacks the liver and can cause both acute and chronic disease.

Hepatitis B is most commonly spread from mother to child at birth or exposure to infected blood. The development of chronic infection is very common in infants infected from their mothers or before the age of 5 years.

September  9, 2008

Kaiser’s Gastroenterologist discovered that my liver was failing.   She directed me to go to Kaiser Sunset Blvd. right away and be admitted to the E.R.;

September  10, 2008

Brought to the Telemetry Room for observation;

September 15, 2008

In comatose state – on life support.

My world was in total darkness.