These days, Claudia Martinez makes the rounds at TIRR Memorial Hermann, the very research...
Dr. Claudia Martinez poses in one of the physical therapy rooms at TIRR Memorial Hermann on Friday, July 15, 2022. Martinez was diagnosed with a Chiari malformation in medical school and after six brain surgeries, one resulting in a stroke, is now in a residency program in the same place where she received therapy.These days, Claudia Martinez makes the rounds at TIRR Memorial Hermann, the very research hospital where once she was a patient.
The symptoms worsened with time. Martinez began feeling weak. Within a year, her hands and legs shook. Sometimes, she would fall when trying to stand. She was often nauseous and vomited. “My neurosurgeon said, ‘You need brain surgery as soon as possible - or you could end up paralyzed from the neck down,’” she recalled.
“Here I was trying to be the best I could be, doing well in school, and these things kept happening to me,” she said. “I didn’t understand why.” At the time, Martinez was having trouble swallowing and began losing weight. She was rushed back to the hospital for being malnourished. She also developed issues with balance, vision and sight - and began having seizures.
The approach was multidisciplinary, including physical and occupational therapists, nurses, case managers and psychologists.
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