Wesley Huff

Yeah, basically. I'd gone down for a nap. I was camping out in the bathroom floor for flu reasons. And when I woke up about 30 minutes later, I couldn't feel my legs. And so, yeah, that's the acute part of the acute transverse myelitis was that it was basically instantaneous. And that's what made the diagnosis as severe as it was. Like they said, there's a 30% chance. It was like...

Yeah, basically. I'd gone down for a nap. I was camping out in the bathroom floor for flu reasons. And when I woke up about 30 minutes later, I couldn't feel my legs. And so, yeah, that's the acute part of the acute transverse myelitis was that it was basically instantaneous. And that's what made the diagnosis as severe as it was. Like they said, there's a 30% chance. It was like...

A small percentage of probability that I would recover, but a much higher percentage that there would be a lot of either complete paralysis for the rest of my life or some kind of issues with walking. It's related to diseases like multiple sclerosis in that it's neurological and it affects that kind of thing.

A small percentage of probability that I would recover, but a much higher percentage that there would be a lot of either complete paralysis for the rest of my life or some kind of issues with walking. It's related to diseases like multiple sclerosis in that it's neurological and it affects that kind of thing.

A small percentage of probability that I would recover, but a much higher percentage that there would be a lot of either complete paralysis for the rest of my life or some kind of issues with walking. It's related to diseases like multiple sclerosis in that it's neurological and it affects that kind of thing.

And one month from the day that I woke up and couldn't feel my legs, I woke up on a Saturday morning, got out of bed, walked over to my wheelchair and sat down.

And one month from the day that I woke up and couldn't feel my legs, I woke up on a Saturday morning, got out of bed, walked over to my wheelchair and sat down.

And one month from the day that I woke up and couldn't feel my legs, I woke up on a Saturday morning, got out of bed, walked over to my wheelchair and sat down.

One month. Yeah. January 8th to February 8th. Exactly.

One month. Yeah. January 8th to February 8th. Exactly.

One month. Yeah. January 8th to February 8th. Exactly.

You're telling me. Yeah. Yeah.

You're telling me. Yeah. Yeah.

You're telling me. Yeah. Yeah.

So initially they gave me steroids to reduce the swelling. So I spent 11 days in the hospital being overseen by a pediatric surgeon. neurologists and specialists in this because it's a very rare condition. And so they were studying me and they gave me steroids and they did some other tests. But really, there was no true kind of treatment in that. So I was doing physiotherapy.

So initially they gave me steroids to reduce the swelling. So I spent 11 days in the hospital being overseen by a pediatric surgeon. neurologists and specialists in this because it's a very rare condition. And so they were studying me and they gave me steroids and they did some other tests. But really, there was no true kind of treatment in that. So I was doing physiotherapy.

So initially they gave me steroids to reduce the swelling. So I spent 11 days in the hospital being overseen by a pediatric surgeon. neurologists and specialists in this because it's a very rare condition. And so they were studying me and they gave me steroids and they did some other tests. But really, there was no true kind of treatment in that. So I was doing physiotherapy.

I would be pulled out of gym class in school. But it was a little bit of a joke. Like, can you move your legs? Could you move anything? No, nothing. Could you feel anything? No. No. In fact, when I was in the hospital, I'd wake up and there'd be pinpricks in my legs because they'd be testing where the reactions were. And they'd have used a syringe.

I would be pulled out of gym class in school. But it was a little bit of a joke. Like, can you move your legs? Could you move anything? No, nothing. Could you feel anything? No. No. In fact, when I was in the hospital, I'd wake up and there'd be pinpricks in my legs because they'd be testing where the reactions were. And they'd have used a syringe.

I would be pulled out of gym class in school. But it was a little bit of a joke. Like, can you move your legs? Could you move anything? No, nothing. Could you feel anything? No. No. In fact, when I was in the hospital, I'd wake up and there'd be pinpricks in my legs because they'd be testing where the reactions were. And they'd have used a syringe.