12/03/2021
Nicola’s health journey update (sorry if has taken so long, thank you to all who have reached out to check in).
In January Nicola obtained and injury at a birth she worked hard to treat and recover, not ever really being fully without pain.
In May things got more challenging with increased pain and tremors.
July the hard decision was made to take medical leave as providing safe care to clients was of paramount importance.
As an update, Nicola was diagnosed with Chronic Pain Syndrome, Functional Neurological Disorder and hypersensitivity. She has also had 3 Serotonin Syndrome(adverse reactions to medications) admissions to RGH. We are still trying to figure out what medications are going to work best but I think we are getting close. Nicola has had to fight every day after loosing function of her motor skills on the left side. Nicola has a large team
of care providers dedicated to help her move through this tough journey. She is doing everything she can to get better, she even sat and had 15 trigger point injections (as some of you know, Nicola is terrified of needles). Nicola is improving on her walking, from walking like C-3PO (Star Wars) to Connor McGregor (UFC) she is trying and getting better every day.
We are very thankful for all of your support as we navigate through this process.
Social media posts have hence not been a priority (leave of absence from social media). Thank you for understanding.
