Shaylee had what was called nmrd receptor encephalitis. Which is called brain on fire disease. It started out with her wrist hurting then we thought it was a psychotic break. She was do bad her demeanor changed and she got violent, hallucinating and saying psychotic things like she's dead we're all dead or not alive. the doctors in a psychiatrist thought it was best to put her in a psych ward since she's not being reasonable and she's not being her self and they're thinking that she just had a psychotic break since she's in college and that's what college kids sometimes do. So they looked for a bed in a psych ward they ended up shipping her to Selah and she had medical conditions as in a nosebleed and her left wrist would not stop moving and turning sending her to memorial hospital where the doctors and the psychiatrist said let's do a lumbar puncture where they noticed that she had an infection in her brain. They had a bunch of tests . Several MRIs several CAT scans blood work ultrasounds EKGs EEG lumbar every test you can think of. And  they are limiting it down to a n m r d receptor encephalitis which inflicts the brain..Turns out, my 21 year old sister is going through the same thing that 21-year-old Susannah Cahalan went through. 

It's scary & saddening for her and everyone around her. She is being sent to a specialist in Seattle. It will be financially crushing  so we are asking for your help. We are not ones to ask for money but anything helps.

Please help.started started