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This journal entry is a bit heavy. There's your warning. Unfortunately this is a William update, and I really wish it wasn't.


I've had the update with his diagnosis of Chorea. If not, he has it. It's the uncontrollable twitching he's been having. Well apparently that was just the tip of the iceberg so to speak.


He now has Moyamoya...or more like he's now been diagnosed with Moyamoya. It's Japanese for "puff of smoke". It's some neurological thing. The blood cells in his brain are smaller than they need to be or something like that. It's more common in Japan than it is in the States. How common is it in America you ask?


1 in 2,000,000. Two ******** million.


There is a cure, which is good. However that cure is surgery. There is a surgeon in Boston who specializes in Moyamoya in kids, and he has a very high success rate. His surgery is May 5th, but they have to go to Boston a few days before hand, and then they have to stay a few days afterwards. He'll miss the last month of school, but he has to have that surgery. If he doesn't, he'll die. That's how serious this is. It'll be even worse if he has a stroke, which is possible and a surprise he hasn't one yet.


I start exams on May 5th, and they'll end on the 9th, which means they won't be able to help me move. Kelly will hopefully help me move back, so atleast I'll have someone. If not I don't know what I'll do.


Edit: Here's the link with the information on it.

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/moyamoya/moyamoya.htm