Posted by Jean Abbott on 12/16/2017

Misdiagnosed: My Thirty-Year Struggle with a Debilitating Disorder I Never Had

Misdiagnosed: My Thirty-Year Struggle with a Debilitating Disorder I Never Had

As a young girl, Jean sat on the swing as her classmates raced across the playground and wondered "How do they do that?" As a teenager, she watched her friends

As a young girl, Jean sat on the swing as her classmates raced across the playground and wondered "How do they do that?" As a teenager, she watched her friends go off on dates and thought, "Will anyone ever love me?" And when she was a young adult she realized that God has a plan. An absolutely wonderful plan. Jean Abbott's journey from wheels to heels is a powerful and uplifting story of faith and perseverance. As a young child, Jean Sharon Abbott was diagnosed with spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy. After enduring three decades of countless doctors visits, medical procedures, unnecessary medications and surgeries, she heard the words that changed her life: "You've been misdiagnosed."