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Welcome to my first ever blog post! I'm so excited to be able to share my information and experiences on a wide variety of topics.
My name is Kaitlyn Quinn and in May I will be 25 years old. I was born and raised in Washington state. Like most people raised in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, my childhood was filled outdoor adventures. I graduated from Kennewick High School in 2010 and joined the Army National Guard in 2011 as a combat medic.
In 2016, I deployed to Kuwait and Iraq with the 176th Engineer Company. The highlight of my time overseas was being apart of a project to build a hospital in Iraq. I was excited to know that I had contributed to something that would allow many more lives to be saved by providing emergency care that normally meant a very long evacuation time.
It was during my time in the sandbox that I noticed something odd was going on. My hands and feet were tingling constantly and the same sensation would shoot through my spine whenever I bent my neck. After about 6 months of seeing doctors who only had limited access to diagnostic tools, I was medically evacuated back to the United States.
At Fort Bliss, I received my very first MRI of my brain that clearly showed multiple lesions. Neurology ordered more extensive testing and transferred my care to Joint Base Lewis McCord (JBLM). In October 2016, I was officially diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
Currently, I'm being treated at the Warrior Transition Battalion while I wait to be medically retired from the military. Despite the wonderful treatment team in charge of my care, adjusting to life with an incurable disease has been a journey of self growth.
It's become my goal to live my life to the fullest and I hope that by blogging about my adventures that I can help others to remember to take some time out of what is often a stressful and busy life to find moments to smile about and ways to create your own wonderful moments to help get you through those periods in life when everything seems to be falling apart.
"You are fierce. You're a survivor. You're a fighter through and through. Little brave, breathe. There is a warrior within you."
Beau Taplin
"Great people do things before they're ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that - that is what life is. You might be really good. You might find out something about yourself that's really special and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something. Now you know something about yourself."
Amy Poehler
I would love to hear about your thoughts or if there is anything specific that you would like me cover in a future blog post.
My name is Kaitlyn Quinn and in May I will be 25 years old. I was born and raised in Washington state. Like most people raised in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, my childhood was filled outdoor adventures. I graduated from Kennewick High School in 2010 and joined the Army National Guard in 2011 as a combat medic.
In 2016, I deployed to Kuwait and Iraq with the 176th Engineer Company. The highlight of my time overseas was being apart of a project to build a hospital in Iraq. I was excited to know that I had contributed to something that would allow many more lives to be saved by providing emergency care that normally meant a very long evacuation time.
It was during my time in the sandbox that I noticed something odd was going on. My hands and feet were tingling constantly and the same sensation would shoot through my spine whenever I bent my neck. After about 6 months of seeing doctors who only had limited access to diagnostic tools, I was medically evacuated back to the United States.
At Fort Bliss, I received my very first MRI of my brain that clearly showed multiple lesions. Neurology ordered more extensive testing and transferred my care to Joint Base Lewis McCord (JBLM). In October 2016, I was officially diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
Currently, I'm being treated at the Warrior Transition Battalion while I wait to be medically retired from the military. Despite the wonderful treatment team in charge of my care, adjusting to life with an incurable disease has been a journey of self growth.
It's become my goal to live my life to the fullest and I hope that by blogging about my adventures that I can help others to remember to take some time out of what is often a stressful and busy life to find moments to smile about and ways to create your own wonderful moments to help get you through those periods in life when everything seems to be falling apart.
"You are fierce. You're a survivor. You're a fighter through and through. Little brave, breathe. There is a warrior within you."
Beau Taplin
"Great people do things before they're ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that - that is what life is. You might be really good. You might find out something about yourself that's really special and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something. Now you know something about yourself."
Amy Poehler
I would love to hear about your thoughts or if there is anything specific that you would like me cover in a future blog post.
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