What a Journey it had become:

Photos from the visit to Doctor Bonner in Birmingham 

At this time in the year, I would look in the mirror and barely see myself. I looked nothing like I was use to seeing everyday. 

 Movie night with MeMe

After coming to terms with what Doctor Bonner said. I began to research the Mayo Clinic. The Clinic in Jacksonville Florida seemed to be the most logical one to visit. This is how the appointments work: You submit a request for the appointment. You state all the problems you are having, how long it has been going on, all this in detail. They will get back with you in a timely fashion, and let you know what doctor you will see and when it will be. After submitting my request... all I could do was wait.
In the mean time I spoke to my advisors on what I should do about continuing school and trying to catch up. They all suggested I withdraw from the semester... If I didn't? I would either fail for missing days or just the simple fact by now I couldn't catch up. On March 28, 2011... I withdrew from MS with the help of Kaley. Not that she did that much but, she did document on her phone photos of me signing the papers. This wasn't something I wanted to remember. I am a planner... and yeah my life was pretty planned out too. So... Who's life was this? Because it clearly wasn't the one I had planned for myself. While in Starkville, I received a phone call from The Mayo Clinic of Jacksonville Florida. I was to see Doctor T. Pongdee, Allergist and Immunologist, on the 6th of April. I received a package in the mail on the instructions for my visit. WOW! Thats all I can say about that packet. For the next couple of days I spent filling out forms, getting every medical record from every doctor I've ever came in contact with, and also printing off pictures of my episodes leading up to this Mayo Clinic visit. While reading over the packet the instructions stated to stay off all medications leading up to this visit so that the allergy nurse could do proper testing. Well... I would try! One day off the medication this happened...

These are just a few of the photos... The others aren't allowed online! You can tell what they look like, But the thing you don't see is that they covered my entire body! YES! My entire body

What do you do when this happens on Saturday? Call the doctor in Florida anyways, This was an emergency. The lady at the emergency center directed me to his cell. I spoke to a real doctor on the phone and on the weekend... WOW! He had to be good. That is nearly impossible even during the week with most of the doctors around here. He assured me it would be fine if I took my medication until he could figure out what would be the best treatment for me. WHAT A RELIEF!!!! I would have looked like a full blown alien in a couple of days plus... I was in pain LOTS of it. Dr. Pongdee said he looked forward to seeing me and we ended the phone conversation. Moments later I received a phone call back from him asking if I could bring in photos of this episode and possibly a couple others, but only if I had them. Did I have them? I had tons.