Treading Waters, a Woman Living with MS (Paperback)

Sabrina Chapman has the perfect life, a loving, trusting husband, and two gorgeous children. They live in Mill Valley, a middle-class neighborhood near the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. When a severe fall injuries her throat, and a car accident that totals her car, Sabrina is referred to a Neurologist. After series of tests, regretfully, she is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and her world is utterly shattered. As a result of the car accident, Sabrina is experiencing more extreme symptoms such as lapse in memory, numbness, tingling throughout her limbs, and walks with a cane. The essence of life she had taken for granted no longer exists. When it comes to Sabrina having MS, Jason Chapman, her husband is in denial. His initial reaction is blame, anger, shock and fear. When the Beta Nurse demonstrates how Sabrina will give hereself an injection every other night, Jason finally faces reality. Her illness is so overwhelming, he moves out of the house. Sabrina is slammed with symptoms that takes her days to walk again. She files for a divorce, but having MS and totally disabled; she needs a lawyer that will fight for her. In the end she finds financial stability, a way to live with MS, and a MS doctor who adores her. With her mother's help, Sabrina finds the strength and will to live a life as normal as possible.