Category Archives: Shannon’s Story

This is the story of Shannon Hudson Terry and what might have been had she had this information earlier. Chiari is a highly undiagnosed condition and is widely unknown and misunderstood.  The longer you delay a Chiari diagnosis, the greater chance of additional neurological damage.  Shannon’s Chiari diagnosis was over 5 years after the onset of symptoms, which initially included severe headaches and anxiety, later followed by depression. After she began to lose the use...