A Glance into the Future

Blog 6:
20 years into the future

I haven’t kept up with the journal I wrote about Harrison’s severe condition, but I figured it is better late than never. I am sure you are all curious about the health of Harrison, but you will have to hold your horses. I am now 33 years old and I graduated from Yale University and Harvard Medical School. Surprisingly, Harrison was the reason I did so well in school. I always had him in mind and a goal  in mind that I would find the cure for MSUD. I can’t say that I have done that, but every time I see Harrison it makes me work that much harder at it. I did become a scientist, but it is extremely difficult to raise enough money about a very unknown disease. Harrison tells me not to worry or stress myself out about it. He says he lives a perfectly comfortable life and he is just appreciative that he is still alive. I know he is lying. I can see it in his eyes. He wants to do what every other 21 year old can do. He cannot eat what everyone else can. He also knows that if he even tries to sway from the diet, he will have another episode like he did when Abby fed him the wrong food. Although MSUD has greatly affected his life, he imagines how it would affect his daily routine if he didn’t abide by the diet. He couldn’t participate in sports, learning, or anything of that matter because he would become a “vegetable”. He would go into a coma and die. He is thankful for that and he takes each day by day. He enjoys being with his family and MSUD has made him look at life in a more positive way. Life is precious and we shouldn’t take it for granted.