JungleButterChick aka JungleButtGirl aka Ovarian Aroma,

After Vincent's diagnosis, the major stress of seeing 'no cure' on every bit of info I tried to read on autism, sent me into hell on earth. I believed every grim forecast....well, anyhow that's when I started having really bad heart palipitations and shortness of breath, black outs but also a really great buzz like at dental surgery when it started beating again...it turned out I have mitral valve prolapse. I've had to take meds for it every since my dx. I take what's called a beta blocker which basically blocks adrenalyn from my heart and makes it always beat steady and rythmic. It's a condition I had before his dx, maybe even born with it, but the stress made it act up. I might need to get it fixed with heart surgery if it worsens, or, could be like many people who have it all their lives but it doesn't get worse quick enough so they die of old age before they need surgery.

So, that's my story.