14-Year-Old Paralyzed From Waist Down After Rare Diagnosis

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14-Year-Old Paralyzed From Waist Down After Rare Diagnosis

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9 жыл бұрын

A 14-year-old girl has been diagnosed with a rare condition after she woke up one morning paralyzed. She may never fully recover if she doesn't get the help she needs and the treatment is expensive.

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@slevinkelevra5901 6 жыл бұрын

If I was rich. I can't imagine how good it would feel to pay for this girl treatment and recovery 😞

@shivadirectioner-zquad680 8 жыл бұрын

She looks so positive and brave. I hope she recovers soon!

@twistedterror6942 6 жыл бұрын

I have TM too. Same story. Woke up one day and couldn't move my legs. Couldn't feel ice on my back. 6 years later i still use my wheelchair on long outings but can walk in the house now. And less falls. I can have showers by myself finally! No one is alone, Stay strong, stay positive, keep fighting. You can all do this.

@MrRainbowChopsticks 9 жыл бұрын

the children's hospital in Atlanta takes such good care of you, I had temporary paralysis there, but I soon regained feeling, but my point- they're great and very nice.

@kimmie965 4 жыл бұрын

kasey marie i am so happy 4 u hun

@0516dee 9 жыл бұрын

Hi My daughter got TM when she was turning 15 exactly the same way as you and 6 years later she is still paralyzed. If you have feeling already, then you will probably recover. Check out her video on KZfaq that my niece made. It's called Olivia's story. You sound like a really tough kid, just like Olivia. Good luck!

@aricmackenthun1206 7 жыл бұрын

I hope that this young lady is able to walk again. I wish her and her family nothing but the best for their future.

@NotTooReal 7 жыл бұрын

I'm annoyed that we live in a world where there is a treatment to help a 14-year old girl possibly walk again, and she could possibly not get it. Like, "We'd love to help you, but you're too poor to be helped. We know you already have it rough already by not being able to afford fancy things, but we're going to go ahead and let you have it even rougher by not being able to walk. It's okay. You're poor. You're used to not getting things your way."

@terediamond3407 6 жыл бұрын

Lauren Thompson so true

@nataliedeyton6829 6 жыл бұрын

We have to come together to make sure she gets the treatment instead of waiting on someone else

@shannonstivers2449 6 жыл бұрын

lookitsthomas a

@onlyonweekends5424 5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you could donate $10 that would help.

@weeabu7471 5 жыл бұрын

Thats why i love the nhs

@yamanakasenju148 7 жыл бұрын

i am being a paralysed person can understand her condition. one thing one can do is to never lose hope. I was paralysed in March 2014, my full right side was paralysed. So i would like to say NEVER EVER EVER LOSE HOPE whatever the world want to say .

@kimmie965 4 жыл бұрын

navdeep singh bhangu yup never say never i always say that ever since i was little u fight u try alot of people who have been paralyzed walk now i watch them on youtube and people with brain damage well they may no speak well but they can walk somewhat i like ur possitive thoughts 2 tell people not 2 give up i like that

@abstractness 6 жыл бұрын

So sad, she's such a sweet girl, I hope she gets better soon.

@courtlynmoore3208 8 жыл бұрын

My cousin works at Shepherds in Atlanta and it is amazing!! We recently went to their annual fashion show that they have there called "Project Rollaway" and it was incredible!!!!! Everyone was so excited to tell their story and to just have fun!!

@onlyonweekends5424 5 жыл бұрын

Jessica keep that attitude that you're going to recover I'm paralyzed and in a wheelchair 100% behind you I don't let anything get me down you go girl!

@kimmie965 4 жыл бұрын

only on weekends oh i like that lol i am sure u will walk 1 day also

@pantyflash 9 жыл бұрын

Like, even though your spine got hosed, you're totally awesome. You go, girl!

@mentalstatus3220 8 жыл бұрын

I drive by that hospital every day, I hope to see you walking out of there soon!

@april5668 7 жыл бұрын

So sad to see if she was in the UK she wouldn't of had to worry about costs of medical treatment

@melaniewalker5226 6 жыл бұрын

Bear 2017 you should do some research it won't be free for much longer Cameron sold lots of our NHS to private companies. Their bringing in charges slow but sure people who don't use the NHS much won't know how it's all changed and not for the better!

@alexanderl9985 5 жыл бұрын

being a decent human is free..

@kimmie965 4 жыл бұрын

@@Batya-Grace joyful noise shut the hell up

@Batya-Grace 4 жыл бұрын

I will shout on the toof tops if I have to! Human euthanasia is evil!

@TTGRainbowDash 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, maybe after 8 to 12 years of waiting for NHS processing, she'd be able to get sub-par treatment that the private healthcare industry would find laughable.

@steveng1624 6 жыл бұрын

*WE ALL HOPE THE BEST FOR YOU JESSICA*

@mollihyde8974 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry for what you going through

@doriantaylor5243 6 жыл бұрын

This happened to me took me 4years to get care But I have been on team usa ,I mtb,kayak she can still do so much.She has a whole life still.

@kimmie965 4 жыл бұрын

dorian taylor that is great well u both have ur whole loves ahead of u

@IndigoJo 3 ай бұрын

She got better, and as of 2015 was walking and running again.

@kamilaescamilla4983 6 жыл бұрын

Omg..... dear God bless her plz 😢😢😢I am so sad

@elliepamela1095 6 жыл бұрын

Hope she gets treatment ❤❤

@kimmie965 4 жыл бұрын

ellie pamela i think she will

@bandobanndz 2 жыл бұрын

Get well Jessica such a beautiful young smart girl ❤️🌷

@lillian.catherine 8 жыл бұрын

Poor girl. Hope she recovers

@shannonrose2704 6 жыл бұрын

Sending my love

@DreamVicarious 3 жыл бұрын

She fully recovered as seen here in this story - abcnews.go.com/Health/teen-woke-paralyzed-now-walking-running/story?id=29388109

@marieked 8 жыл бұрын

Can't believe the journalist who did the Intro screwed up the pronunciation of TM! I've had it over 12 years now.

@xxboonisbadfortnitexx1549 3 жыл бұрын

Im Terrified of that

@allienord2685 6 жыл бұрын

I don’t fully understand how you feel but I know at first its tuff. I had to pretty much retrain my right foot how to walk again. Hope you get better

@america_joeleen948 6 жыл бұрын

I hope u get better

@karenlarke1737 8 жыл бұрын

Not sure but she appears to have either minimal movement in her feet or she was having muscle spasms - her feet had some sort of movement at 1.18 for a few seconds.

@xStaticSumi 8 жыл бұрын

+Karen Larke did you watch the video?

@karenlarke1737 8 жыл бұрын

Yes I did

@katiemorgan8788 8 жыл бұрын

She said that she now has me minimal movement in her toes

@helloitssophie6778 8 жыл бұрын

+Karen Larke yes I did

@doriantaylor5243 6 жыл бұрын

Paralysis means lack of control not like a movement in a paraplegic for 7 years and I still have movement

@jeffdoyle5542 6 жыл бұрын

Jeff will pray 4 u to get healed amen

@marieked 7 жыл бұрын

I got TM when I was 28, I'm almost 42 now. I was paralyzed from the mid-chest down, but recovered movement in my right leg, and upper trunk, but not much in my left leg. I can walk with crutches and a KAFO brace on my left leg. I still have no feeling in about half my body and what feeling I do have is not normal. I mostly use a wheelchair now but for about 8 years I walked more than used it.

@kimmie965 4 жыл бұрын

marieke d i was saying in one of the comments never say never cause there r people that r paralyzed and walk again there r people also with brain damage that walk and well somewhat talk i seen them on youtube

@marieked 2 жыл бұрын

kimmie965 it’s been 18 years and my body has broken down further bc of it.. I hope they find a way to cure spinal cord injuries/disease, but I do not believe it’ll be in my lifetime.

@angieduvall5128 2 жыл бұрын

I also got diagnosed with transverse myelitis August of 2020. I still haven’t gained anything back. It also took my bladder control.

@cali7150 6 жыл бұрын

Did you take the Gardasil or hpv ?????

@user-hn9xd1ll7h 4 жыл бұрын

Did she get HPV vaccine?

@Ivy-km7dm 7 жыл бұрын

This is EXACTLY what happened to me six months ago. Luckily I am walking again but the only thing keeping me from being paralysed again is the steroids im on. I've had 4 relapses in six months as the doctors have tried to take my steroids away from me as it's getting dangerous to be on them for too long....I have no recieved any help and am currently being told to ween down off of my steriods AGAIN, despite all the relapses i've had from doing this. No doctor has been able to help me. So if you have suffered from the same thing and you get the right treatment please let me know- Surely steroids isn't the answer as it's not helping )':

@twistedterror6942 6 жыл бұрын

Ur not alone. Same thing happened to me to. Stay strong, stay positive, you got this.

@johnandlizcalkins250 6 жыл бұрын

My husband had TM, then had ,ots of relapses, was then told it was Multiple Sclerosis , is on Tecfedera meds now.

@tranquility9325 7 жыл бұрын

If you are going to report on a story learn the proper terms, and it's called transverse myelitis, not myetitis wth

@grobanite4ever85 7 жыл бұрын

tranquility you are right

@tranquility9325 7 жыл бұрын

Ty hon

@dmason5249 5 жыл бұрын

Any updates?? 2019 🤔

@DreamVicarious 3 жыл бұрын

I posted an update comment.... she recovered - abcnews.go.com/Health/teen-woke-paralyzed-now-walking-running/story?id=29388109

@robinhensley6228 5 жыл бұрын

myLitis not myTitis

@kaande6453 7 жыл бұрын

I was thinking she looks like t swift and then they started singing to her hana

@brittanyrakestraw5866 6 жыл бұрын

I had it when I was 3 and I am 13 and I sell have it

@MegaSonglover99 6 жыл бұрын

she seems a lot older than 14..

@kimmie965 4 жыл бұрын

pattirose she is 14

@Aj-me8mo 3 жыл бұрын

@@kimmie965 was 14 she's 20 now

@viannycaba8611 2 жыл бұрын

I know looked 19

@tayahawkins1196 6 жыл бұрын

Omg she looks like taylor swift

@kimmie965 4 жыл бұрын

taya hawkins she does lol

@onlyonweekends5424 5 жыл бұрын

She will get treatment there is someone out there that will donate enough money for you to go to the hospital in Atlanta Georgia.

@pablow2009 3 жыл бұрын

6 years later how is she doing ??

@Ashley-gu5km 8 жыл бұрын

our son is the same way! he was going to be like his dad because he wants to do the same sports that his dad did in high school he will one day walk again and be like his dad one day! he is paralyzed from the chest down!

@JoseCastro-rd3tb 8 жыл бұрын

what a girl

@karenyounger2314 5 жыл бұрын

turn to Jesus!!!

@evans232 8 жыл бұрын

My sister is diagnosed with a generic disease where it starts in ur legs and paralyzed them and there like having basically dead Lima and it's getting worse and worse and is starting to reach her arms in crying for her she is only 14 and I'm 13 I just want to be able to run with her again but God Won't answer my prayers but I'll keep praying

@evans232 8 жыл бұрын

*limbs

@HawaiiYou88 8 жыл бұрын

You and your sister are in my prayers. 🙏 Stay strong. ❤️

@evans232 8 жыл бұрын

+Thi Hoang 黃詩 thAnk u so much we will need as many prayers as we can get

@HawaiiYou88 8 жыл бұрын

+Evan Serynek No problem. I will tell all my friends to pray as well.

@evans232 8 жыл бұрын

+Thi Hoang 黃詩 thx

@Nothinggirl 3 жыл бұрын

Why did I think she was giant based on the thumbnail picture lol. I hope she gets better

@SadForLyf 3 жыл бұрын

Did she recover?

@christinaward1604 8 жыл бұрын

Shepherd hospital 😭

@helenengelke9772 7 жыл бұрын

is it just me or does she look like an early 2000's version of Taylor Swift herself? .... ok, just me...

@megananderson3358 6 жыл бұрын

Helen Engelke YESSS LOL 😂

@tiankeli 6 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for that comment

@lucyelizabeth5860 6 жыл бұрын

Someone got her shoes...

@LectronCircuits 2 жыл бұрын

Transverse "Mititis" sounds like a horrendous mainstream-media disease. Six years on, audience wishes her all the best. Cheers!

@justsomeawesomedude2608 6 жыл бұрын

If it’s inflammation wouldn’t normally the body recovery it? I mean, inflamed damage wears of. But I ain’t no dr...

@ReyOfLight 5 жыл бұрын

The inflammation can cause swelling in and around the spinal cord which essentially squeezes the spinal cord until it’s crushed, to put it in simple terms. That’s why the paralysis can be permanent even though the cause for the paralysis isn’t an accident but an auto immune reaction in the body that causes the inflammation

@Darkhorse-vb7wq 4 жыл бұрын

And you guys do not want a NHS this girl would be able to walk again just for a small amount of tax how selfish do you people get America is a god damn buissness.

@tiankeli 6 жыл бұрын

Taylor swift, is that you?

@shanaen3051 7 жыл бұрын

'Mytitus', get it right

@diyslime_coolunicornroblox1411 9 жыл бұрын

not that good

@Is402831 6 жыл бұрын

had she recently been injected with a vaccine?

@jenniewright3045 6 жыл бұрын

Is402831 vaccines are nothing to do with things like this, stop trying to cause shit, if vaccines were so bad then why have ALOT of diseases become near non existent in more developed countries and are only beginning to come back due to retired pretending they cause things they don't and not vaccinating their kids, not vaccinating children is fucking dangerous and it's proving that due to the spread of measles etc that are prevented through vaccines, spread dumb crap all you want but they can't and won't be approved if they are shown to cause things, it's hilarious that some people ink they cause autism, when you can't just get autism like that, you're either born wi it or you're not, like most things, fucking idiot

@Is402831 6 жыл бұрын

I think that I have asked a legitimate question. Vaccines do cause injuries so that is why I asked

@shoot4thstars 6 жыл бұрын

Is402831 I agree. It doesn’t happen to everybody but there are a few unlucky people out there who have cytokine responses destroying their immune system and body. I hate it when people treat this thing like it’s a religion…

@niamhgrisman4905 6 жыл бұрын

Vaccines don’t cause paralysis

@tomatoenthusiast5868 6 жыл бұрын

Vaccines have never been proven to cause ANY injuries of ANY kind. Shut your uneducated fucking mouth.