Falling in the Deep

by Patricia Anne Phillips

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 injures 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 exetreme symptoms such as 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, her husband is in denial. His initial reaction to the diagnosis is blame, anger, shock and fear. When the Beta Nurse demostrates how Sabrina will give herself an injection every other night, Jason finally faces reality. Her illness is so overwhelming, he moves out the house. Because of the stress of him leaving, Sabrina is slammed with symptoms that takes days for her to walk again.She files for a divorce, but having MS 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 that adores her.

294 pages, Paperback

First published May 2, 2013