![]() ![]() Everything was loose and disjointed, and the muscles, ligaments, and tendons, were all working against each other. Essentially, the normal way people build muscle is through a series of tearing and rebuilding, but I was so flexible that no tear or rebuild was happening, leading to overall weakness of the anatomical structure. He then combined them saying I have epiphapophysitis. You have multiple fractures and broken bones!” The doctor then explained two medical terms: epiphysitis, and apophysitis. ![]() When he returned to the room, he declared “It’s no wonder you’re in so much pain. He did multiple X-ray’s of my left foot and ankle. For the first time in my life, I was willing to admit that the excruciating pain I was experiencing was not normal, and it finally warranted some medical attention. I remember standing up from my desk while in the sixth grade and immediately collapsing back into my desk with tears rushing down my face. The term “normal” is so subjective, and I viewed my usual experience as being the normal experience. I thought that this pain was normal achiness that everyone deals with, so I tried to not draw attention to my discomfort. Eventually, I started to feel pain develop in my ankles and spine. As a child, I would run around and play with other friends completely unaware of any potentially limiting health concerns. My name is Randy Wellbaum, and I was recently diagnosed with some very rare health conditions. Specific epithet of rubrum meaning red is everywhere in evidence: red flowers in dense clusters in late March to early April (before the leaves appear), red fruit (initially reddish, two-winged samara), reddish stems and twigs, red buds, and, in the fall, excellent orange-red foliage color.Randy Diagnosis: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome type 9 (Occipital Horn Syndrome) Genus name is the Latin name for a maple tree. ![]() Flowers on a given tree are primarily male or female or monoecious and appear in late winter to early spring (March-April) before the leaves. Leaves are medium to dark green above and gray green below. Lobes have toothed margins and pointed tips. Leaves (to 2-5" long) have 3 principal triangular lobes (sometimes 5 lobes with the two lower lobes being largely suppressed). Quality of red fall color on species plants is variable. Emerging new growth leaves, leafstalks, twigs, flowers, fruit and fall color are red or tinged with red. In northern states, red maple usually occurs in wet bottomland, river flood plains and wet woods, but in Missouri it typically frequents drier, rocky upland areas. It grows faster than Norway and sugar maples, but slower than silver maple. It typically grows 40-60’ tall with a rounded to oval crown. Acer rubrum, commonly called red maple, is a medium-sized, deciduous tree that is native to Eastern North America from Quebec to Minnesota south to Florida and eastern Texas. ![]()
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