Mysterious illness that paralyzes healthy kids prompts plea from CDC
Medical 'anomalies', while sad and terrible in some cases, can also be fascinating.<p>I was seven in the summer of '94 and woke up one day with a completely immobile left leg. My sister came into the bedroom to relay a message from mom that if I didn't stop playing games and get ready for school, then I'd be in trouble. However, I simply couldn't move my left leg.<p>The rest of the week I spent at home. Whenever I needed to walk somewhere, I'd just hop on my right leg, and drag my left leg along with me.<p>That week I saw a number of doctors and specialists. Had the battery of tests and diagnostics that are de rigeur for anything where the medical community has no clue what is going on.<p>Within roughly seven days from the onset of this temporary paralysis, my leg began functioning again and did so quite quickly.