There was a boy named Jack. Jack had serious issues with his thyroid gland. He had an extreme and rare case of it. This is how it all happened.

When Jack was around 12-13 years old he felt really fatigued all the time. He told his parents about it and they said that they will take him to see the doctor. The next day came and they took Jack to see the doctor to figure out what was going on with his body. The doctor sent him to do some blood work. Jack was very nervous while they were getting set up to put the needle through his tan skin. As they got ready to insert the needle he said to himself “Don't worry it’s gonna be alright.” As they inserted it through his skin, he saw blood ooze down his hand so he jumped and panicked.The nurses cleaned it up and told to Jack “Calm down everything is done, it's ok.” when the results came in, the doctor wasn’t happy with what he saw.

Jack asked the doctor “What's the matter? What's going on with my body? Am I ok? How am I doing?!” With frustration and emotion on his face as he was playing with his brown fuzzy and clustered hair.
The doctors said“ there is something called thyroid gland and there is one in every human body in the world, unless you weren’t born with one and your thyroid is acting up and providing too many cells and it makes it too difficult for your body to deal with this much work but don't worry we have something to help you for now until we get more information about your case”.

Jack’s mom said to the doctors “I’m glad that we brought jack in when we did. The doctor told jack's mom that he was also glad because it would have been more difficult to treat jack had she waited any longer.

The doctor came in told Jack that they need to give him medicine to help calm the thyroid down.So the plan was to give him some medicine to control his thyroid and they said it would take 6-8 weeks for the medicine to start taking effect in his body. After six weeks were over, he was sent to do another blood test. The results showed that the medication wasn’t working.They gave him some iodine to put with his water or juice for him to drink every day and also changed his medication. Once again it would take up to 8 weeks for His medication to work.

After a few weeks, his parents realized he was getting worse, as they looked and his big bold eyes and saw a tint of a shaded mixture of purple and blue under his eyes. He had an allergic reaction from the new medication he was given. He had a fever and his face had bumps all over it That looked like red small dots clustered on the tan skin of his swelled up face. His parents rushed him to the hospital for more tests. This time it was really bad. They were told that they had to admit him so they can watch him closely because they discovered that he had what they called a thyroid storm.

Jack was very scared at this point. His frustration level was high and his energy level was low. His face turned red and his eyes started to tear, but he told himself that he couldn't show anyone he was scared. He quickly wiped his eyes and looked at the nurse with courage and might.  He was given an IV and some medication. He had lots of support from family and friends. They would visit him every day. After a few days, the doctor told his parent that they wanted to remove the thyroid once his body was stable.

After a week in the hospital, they performed the operation and Jack was sent home a few days after that. Jack needs to continue taking his medication and do blood work every six months. He is currently doing a little better and hopefully continues to improve.