Girl Suddenly Left Paralyzed For Shocking Reason (Video)

A mother was horrified when her daughter suddenly was unable to stand and walk, and even more stunned when she learned what exactly happened (video below). 

Amanda Lewis took to Facebook to share her daughter’s story after she and her husband, Lantz, noticed that the girl was unable to stand:

Evelyn started acting a little weird last night around bed time. She didn’t want to stand up after her bath to get into her pajamas. I helped her and got her in bed. She was a little fussy last night and I ended up sleeping in bed with her all night.

This morning she was having a hard time standing. She could barely walk, or crawl, and could hardly use her arms. We took some video this morning to send to family to see if they had any idea what could be going on. We decided to take her into the ER right after we took this video because her symptoms were getting worse, and given Lantz’s history with cancer we were quite concerned.

What the family learned next completely devastated them.

We got into a room quickly, thank God, and were seen almost right away. The doctor talked to us for a minute and said over the past 15 years he had seen about 7 or 8 children her age with identical symptoms and more than likely she had a tick. They looked her over, combed through her hair really well and sure enough found a tick hiding in her hair.

This condition is called tick paralysis. It can affect dogs also and can be fatal. I’m glad we took her in when we did and that it wasn’t something worse and that we found it before it got worse.

In a clip filmed after her daughter started showing symptoms, Evelyn can be seen struggling to stand and immediately falling when she does.

Amanda concluded her story with a warning: “The ticks are out like crazy right now in this area so if your children or dogs start acting a little off, check them thoroughly for ticks! I feel awful for not having seen the little bugger sooner but I never would have even thought to look for a tick. It’s crazy that a little bug can do this!”

Many readers expressed shock and sadness over the terrifying video.

“Prayers,” one Mad World News reader commented on the site’s Facebook page. 

“Wow thats crazy,” another added. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfwM7cORUQ8

Sources: Amanda Lewis/Facebook, Mad World News/Facebook / Photo credit: Max Pixel