11-Year-Old Emily Arsenault from Steinbach got a surprise visit from M.P. Ted Falk as she celebrated the completion of her Lyme Disease treatments.

Arsenault says she was diagnosed with Lyme Disease last summer after she went 8 days with a 104-degree fever and developed a rash. She notes it has been a really hard year.

A sign set up at Emily Arsenault's party for those driving by.

"I had extreme headaches, dizziness, extreme joint pain, I had bad rage, I was not able to sleep, I had missing vision, memory loss, and I couldn't read and I also had brain fog and with school, I was always feeling left out because it is kind of an invisible illness. It was hard for other kids to understand why I was so different."

Arsenault says in the last 11 months she has had a lot of antibiotics and IV’s and her specialized Lyme doctor from the children’s hospital prescribed her 9 months of treatments that she had to take 4 times a day. She notes she has had a total of 1,080 treatments.

"There are lots of ups and downs and symptoms changed often and it was scary. I actually got a lot worse before I got better and it was about eleven months after I got sick that I was symptom-free and the doctor said that I am done treatment but it can still take months to build up my strength and immune system."

To celebrate her final treatments, Arsenault adds they recently held a party and MP Ted Falk showed up.

"He came to give me a certificate from the house of commons to congratulate me on finishing my treatments and wishing me well as I continue to recover so that was really exciting. It was a surprise for our whole family."

Emily’s mom Jody Arsenault says the visit from Ted and Irene Falk was very special. She notes they have just now started to talk about Emily’s battle with Lyme Disease because it has been so painful.

"During the journey, it was hard because she had a period of months where she had extreme rage and it was the scariest thing we have ever gone through because she is such a sweet good kid and we didn't know. Through that, we would never have talked about it because we want to be respectful to her but now, she is willing to share."

Jody Arsenault says it is important to share these symptoms so others may be tipped off to what they themselves are experiencing.