HI. My NAME IS SHANNON JAMES.. IM 47 YRS OLD AND LIVE IN FORT MILL, SC WITH MY DAUGHTER KYLIE WHO IS 10YRS OLD. WE ARE CURRENTLY  LIVING A REAL LIFE NIGHTMARE. HERE IS MY STORY. .LIFE FOR US WENT FROM ONE DAY LIVING LIFE, RUNNING BACK AND FORTH TO VOLLEYBALL GAMES, DANCE PRACTICE, SHOPPING, RUNNING MY OWN BUSINESS, ETC TO NOT FEELING WELL ONE DAY 2 AND A HALF YRS AGO.  I HAD SEVERE BACK PAIN, FEVER, AND NAUSEA. I WENT TO PIEDMONT MEDICAL CENTER ON GOLD HILL RD. TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE. AFTER CT SCAN ,BLOOD WORK, AND MRI, I WAS GIVEN A DIAGNOSIS: DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE. I WAS SENT ON MY WAY WITH ONLY SOME PREDNISONE. IF ONLY THIS WAS THE ENDING TO MY STORY. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE PAIN HAD BECOME SO SEVERE THAT I DECIDED TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT CMC-ATRIUM, PINEVILLE, NC WHERE I WAS GIVEN THE.SAME TESTS ONLY THIS TIME THE DIAGNOSIS THAT WAS GIVEN, (WHICH THE OTHER HOSPITAL FAILED TO DIAGNOSE CORRECTLY )WAS ONE THAT WOULD HAVE LIFE ALTERING RESULTS ALL IN A MATTER OF HRS. I WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN FOR EMERGENCY SURGERY AS MY "ARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE" DIAGNOSIS GIVEN FROM PIEDMONT MEDICAL CENTER WAS REALLY A SEVERE, POTENTIALLY  DEADLY  SPINAL INFECTION THAT WAS LEFT UNTREATED THE DAY BEFORE HAD NOW ENTERED MY BLOODSTREAM AND WITHIN 2 HOURS OF ARRIVING AT CMC, I HAD BECOME PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN . HAD I RECEIVED THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS WHEN MY SYMPTOMS FIRST APPEARED, A SIMPLE ROUND OF ANTIBIOTICS WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE INFECTION FROM ENTERING MY BLOODSTREAM THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY LEAVE ME PARALYZED AND HOSPITALIZED FOR 2 MONTHS. I WOULD NOT BE ALIVE TODAY IF I HADN'T MADE THAT DECISION TO GO BACK THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR A SECOND OPINION. I WAS TOLD AT CMC IF I MADE IT THRU THE SURGERY, MY CHANCES OF WALKING AGAIN WOULD BE 50/50.. I AM STILL 100 PERCENT WHEELCHAIR DEPENDENT BUT I KEEP HOPE THAT SOME DAY I WILL WALK AGAIN. AS A SINGLE MOM, LIVING IN FORT MILL WITH MY DAUGHTER, SAVING MONEY BEFORE THIS HAPPENED WAS EASIER SAID THAN DONE. SO WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WAS PUT IN A FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT I COULD NEVER HAVE PREPARED FOR.  THIS HAPPENED TO ME 2 AND A HALF YRS AGO AND I HAVE YET TO BE APPROVED FOR DISABILITY.  I HAVE BEEN BLESSD  TO HAVE FAMILY THAT HAVE HELPED ME AS MUCH AS THEY COULD THROUGHOUT THIS ORDEAL AND A LANDLORD THAT HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF AN ANGEL IN MY EYES, AS HE HAS NOT MADE ME PAY RENT AND IS ALLOWING MY DISABILITY TO BE APPROVED SO MY DAUGHTER AND I DO NOT HAVE TO MOVE. 2 YRS AND THIS MAN HAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS ALWAYS KEEPING MY SPIRITS UPLIFTED. I AM STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE BACK RENT WHEN I GET MY DISABILITY. WE ARE NOW FACING A LOT OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WITH KEEPING MY UTILITIES GOING AND MY HEAD ABOVE WATER UNTIL I CAN GET MY DISABILITY GOING AND GET BACK ON MY FEET.  I  KNOW THAT LIFE IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED. THE SIMPLE THINGS. GETTING THE MAIL, GROCERY SHOPPING, SIMPLY GRABBING A GLASS FROM THE CABINET,  ALL SEEMS SO SMALL UNTIL YOU CAN LONGER DO IT. IT OPENS YOUR EYES TO JUST HOW PRECIOUS LIFE IS AS WELL AS UNPREDICTABLE.LIFE CAN BE.  LIFE LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT THESE DAYS FOR NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT THOSE AROUND ME ESPECIALLY FOR MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL, WHO'S WORLD WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.. MY HOPE AND ABILITY TO KEEP GOING, KEEP FIGHTING IS BECAUSE OF MY CHILDREN. MY SON, KODY WHO IS MARRIED AND DOESN LIVE IN THE HOME ANYMORE, IS OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND BUT FOR A 10 YR OLD LTTLE GIRL,  ITS LIFE CHANGING TO SAY THE LEAST  SO  THAT IS WHY IM REACHING OUT WITH MY STORY IN HOPES THAT THERE IS STILL GOOD LEFT IN THIS WORLD IN TIMES OF NEED.  ANY HELP  WOULD MEAN SO MUCH IN OUR LIVES RIGHT NOW.  NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY BUT ALSO PRAYERS FOR MY FAMILY. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR MY STORY AND PLEASE SHARE IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND . ALSO I KNOW THAT SOME ARE HESITANT TO HELP OTHERS BC OF ALL THE  SCAMS EVERY WAY YOU TURN THESE DAYS MAKING IT HARD FOR THOSE REALLY NEEDING HELP TO FIND IT WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. I WILL TAKE NO OFFENSE AND KINDLY SHARE WITH ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO VERIFY THE VALIDITY OF MY STORY, A COPY OF MEDICAL RECORDS, AND ANYTHING OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE   THANKS AGAIN AND GOD BLESS 🙏