Delaney Parker has been searching for relief from her multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms. Her pain has been excruciating for years, even confining her to her bed for days.
“What we saw when she first came here, she had difficulty walking, her cognition was challenging because she had memory loss, she had difficult with word finding,” said Dr. Ronald Stram of Stram Center.
Dr. Stram and his remarkable team identified and informed Parker that her autoimmune disease was compounded by two things – the Epstein Barr Virus and a tick-borne illness. Parker had no idea. The team at Stram started her on a regiment of weekly vitamin shots, intravenous antibody treatment and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
“After four days of antibiotics and probiotics, I could really see a difference,” said Parker. In October 2021, Delaney tearfully shared all of the ways MS had robbed her of joy. “I couldn’t be a mom and I couldn’t be a wife. I couldn’t be a friend. I couldn’t be anything that I ever was. I was missing me so much,” said Parker.
Today, Parker says that she cries tears of joy because she can talk, walk, pick up her kids and her pain is finally manageable.
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