I'm Jenny. At 9 months old I came down with measles encephalitis. My father was military, my mom British. We lived in Spokane, Washington. I am the third of four children.
I don't remember having the disease. My mother says I became sensitive to sound and touch during and after it. I did not and have never received any physical, speech or other therapy. I have always been treated the same as my brothers and sister.
I have graduated from college and hold down a full time job working for the State in a social services job. Most people who know me, think of me as very intelligent.
I think I had few if any lasting effects from the disease due to the young age I became sick. That somehow the connections in my brain were able to reform and make new pathways for learning and memory.
I am the first of my family to graduate from college and I've raised a beautiful, happy child of my own. She loves science, and is very bright.
For the most part I would say my life has been interesting, I even had a successful career in the Air Force as an officer.
I hope that this has helped. I have never felt limited by the disease, in fact I was unaware it caused limits. I am now 51 years old;
life is fun interesting and full.
