About Bailey

Bailey is our beautiful soon to be 19 year old daughter.  She is a rising sophomore in college who is super smart but more than anything loves being on the mound of the softball field.  Bailey has pitched fastpitch since she was little and her love for the game is beyond measure.

Bailey's pancreatitis presented a little different from Addison's in that it more closely followed the usual for hereditary pancreatitis with onset in late teens.  We've known Bailey had the genetic mutation since she was 8, after Addison was diagnosed, Bailey got tested.  Bailey had no signs or symptoms until she was 15, when she passed out one morning at church.  We took her to the ER and she said my belly was hurting me, so they tested amylase and lipase and yep, they were through the rough.  She was in such pain but hadn't thought to mention it until it was so bad she passed out, what a goofus lol. 

Since Bailey's first attack she has had an acute episodes every 4 to 6 months until this last year she has turned to the chronic stage with pain and nausea daily. 

Bailey decided it was time to follow in her sister's footsteps and have the TPAIT surgery to improve her quality of life and to hopefully have it soon enough to have enough healthy islets to harvest to hopefully prevent diabetes.