article_snippet.sent: The next two years became a blur of sick days and doctors' appointments.
article_snippet.sent: Brynn saw specialist after specialist.
article_snippet.sent: A cardiologist said A cardiologist had POTS, or Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome -- meaning that when A cardiologist stood up for longer than a few minutes, A cardiologist blood pressure dropped, leaving A cardiologist light-headed and nauseated.
article_snippet.sent: A Wake Forest doctor diagnosed A cardiologist with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that causes fragile skin and overly flexible joints.
article_snippet.sent: Melissa, Barry and Brynn found a specialist online, Dr. Lawrence Afrin, who at the time was working in Charleston.
article_snippet.sent: Melissa, Barry and Brynn waited nearly nine months to see a specialist, but hearing a specialist confirm Melissa, Barry and Brynn suspicions was life-changing.