article_snippet.sent: Brynn was seemingly a normal kid -- until Brynn wasn't.
article_snippet.sent: Yes, Brynn was a fussy baby.
article_snippet.sent: Yes, Brynn got sick often as a child, " Melissa muses out loud -- but what kid doesn't?
article_snippet.sent: Brynn father, Barry, jokingly rues the day Brynn learned to talk.
article_snippet.sent: Brynn started taekwondo at the age of 9 and had Brynn black belt by the time Brynn was 11.
article_snippet.sent: That was the same year doctors diagnosed Brynn with IBS, or irritable bowel syndrome.
article_snippet.sent: Brynn wasn't until shortly before Brynn 16th birthday in 2010 that Brynn had Brynn first serious allergic reaction.
article_snippet.sent: The gastrointestinologist diagnosed Brynn with gastroparesis, or partial paralysis of the stomach muscles.
article_snippet.sent: In 2012, Brynn was admitted to the hospital 30 times.
article_snippet.sent: Brynn started having seizures and episodes of dystonia -- painful, violent muscle contractions that are "scary to see and scary to experience.
article_snippet.sent: On multiple occasions, doctors have had to put casts on Brynn legs to prevent Brynn joints from bending in the wrong direction.