Crohn's Disease: A Case Study

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For almost two years I have been fighting illness. my senior year I found out I have Crohn's disease, a lethal, incurable condition that causes inflammation of the digestive tract. This disease has kept me hospitalized on and off since August last year. At one point the doctors were deliberating different ways of treatment, including surgery and heavy doses of medication, due to me showing no signs of improvement under my current course of treatment. During testing to see if I could try a type of medication that would interrupt the nerve signals from my stomach so I would no longer suffer from extreme pain the doctors found a new issue. This medication tends to make any pre-existing heart conditions worse so we just wanted to cover our bases

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