LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Many people know actress Chandra Wilson as tough-talking Dr. Miranda Bailey on ABC's \"Grey's Anatomy.\" But what they don't know is that behind the scenes, Wilson and her daughter, Serena, lived a real-life medical drama of their own. <\/p>\n
Wilson's daughter was suffering and no one had answers. In 2009, Serena ended up in the ER with nausea and severe vomiting. <\/p>\n
\"I thought I was going to die from it,\" said Serena. <\/p>\n
The days of non-stop vomiting happened again and again. Serena lost more than 20 pounds. Scans, scopes and other tests couldn't find anything wrong. Doctors told Wilson her daughter was either a drama queen or a drug addict. <\/p>\n
\"You're depressed, or you're suffering from anxiety, you need to go therapy, you're having problems at home. You can make yourself stop,\" Wison said, recounting what doctors were telling her and her daughter. <\/p>\n
Wilson listened, but she knew her daughter. <\/p>\n
\"That type of writhing pain, that type of constant, non-stop all consuming nausea -- you can't make that up,\" she said. <\/p>\n
After a year, Serena and her mom found Dr. Richard Bowles at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. He diagnosed her with Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome, or CVS. <\/p>\n
\"The vast majority of patients with this disorder don't know that they have it and they're not being treated appropriately,\" said Bowels. <\/p>\n
Now, Wilson is merging real life with life on-screen by directing an episode dealing with Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome on \"Grey's Anatomy.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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