Why could my 14-year-old suddenly not walk?
As told to Faigy Peritzman by Anna King
You never know what’s going to happen from one day to the next. Looking back to the winter of 2013, it’s clear my life has been divided between “before” and “after.”
Our family of seven (five daughters) had just moved to our new apartment on a yishuv outside of Yerushalayim. The morning after Chanukah vacation, my 14-year-old daughter, Ariella, woke up not feeling well. I was running around trying to get everyone out on time despite the back-to-school sluggishness and didn’t pay much attention to Ariella’s complaint. She didn’t seem that sick and I figured maybe she just needed another mental health day before going back to school.
Yet on day two, Ariella still hadn’t come down from her second-floor bedroom, claiming she felt too weak. And on day three I knew we needed a doctor and quickly. I made an appointment with our GP at the yishuv clinic. At this point Ariella literally could not stand up. We carried her to the car, but when we got out at the clinic, she fell to the ground, scraping her ankle very badly and bleeding heavily.
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