1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: Rube. 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 2: I couldn't move my arms the way I needed to. 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 2: My head was kind of like a bottlehead. I couldn't 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 2: really control the muscles of my neck. He reminded me 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 2: of kind of like a baby deer. The inabilities to 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: control the balance for perception, the coordination, all the things 7 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 2: in his lower body just wasn't there. 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 3: And they told us when he first got sick that 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 3: I would be a widow in about two months because 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 3: whatever he had was progressive. 11 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: How do you process that? 12 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 2: And I just I was helpless. I was completely helpless. Yeah, 13 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 2: she got these brand new babies at home, so need 14 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: their father, and she needs her husband. 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: How terrifying would it be to fight an unknown enemy, 16 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: one you didn't recognize and didn't see coming. What if 17 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 1: that enemy was coming from within a disease that even 18 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: doctors couldn't identify. Nearly half of all Americans suffer from 19 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: some chronic illness, and many struggle for an accurate diagnosis. 20 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: These are their stories. I'm Lauren Brete Pchecko, and this 21 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: is symptomatic. Trent Fielder, a seasoned insurance appraiser with a 22 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: knack for problem solving, centers his life around his family, 23 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: deep rooted faith and his service dog Gunner, a loyal 24 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: Laborador Retriever. Dedicated and genuine, Trent is the kind of 25 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: person you'd want in your corner, both at work and 26 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: in life. 27 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: The majority of my job was spent out in the field, 28 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 2: so I was driving around down the coast of Florida. 29 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 2: That was basically my job. 30 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 4: What did you do? 31 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: I supervised auto appraisers for an insurance company, So I 32 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 2: had the best job ever. I loved it. 33 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: After the loss of his first wife, Trent experienced a 34 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: roller coaster of emotions. During this difficult time, his mom 35 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: and sister stepped up to support him. 36 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 2: I had a discussion with my mom, who is still 37 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 2: in Texas, and told her, I said, look, I think 38 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 2: I don't want to go down this road again. Suddenly, 39 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 2: the next morning, my sister had shown up, you know, 40 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 2: and I knew exactly what was going on. So we 41 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 2: talked throughout the day and I had work and did 42 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 2: their thing. But the next morning I needed to take 43 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 2: her back to the airport, and so I went to breakfast. 44 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: That's when Nicole entered the picture. 45 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 3: It was a breakfast place called the First Watch, and 46 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 3: it was super fast paced place you had your regulars 47 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 3: and you knew their names and their faces, but everybody 48 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 3: else they were just in and out so quickly. 49 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: And as we're sitting there at breakfast and talking about 50 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 2: that my mother had and concerns that other people would have. 51 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 2: I was sitting there, the cherver came up and she 52 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: asked us for we'd had a chance to look at anything, 53 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 2: and that obviously was Nicole. And I looked up at 54 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: her and lost my train of thought and lost my 55 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 2: ability to speak, and that's not me. So when she 56 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 2: walked away, my sister just looked at me and she said, 57 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 2: you've never done that before, and I was didn't what 58 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 2: she said? She completely she I floored you. You lost 59 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: your train of thought, you couldn't say anything. I was like, 60 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 2: let's just get back to what we're talking about. 61 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 3: And you know, I was just doing my job and 62 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 3: waiting tables, and then all of a sudden, the woman 63 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 3: came back into the kitchen and I was like, hi, 64 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 3: she goes the food was wonderful, the service was excellent, 65 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 3: and my brother thinks you're cute, and I was like brother, 66 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 3: I was like, uh okay, and she gave me his 67 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 3: business card and then a couple of days later, I 68 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 3: was doing laundry and just going through my pockets and 69 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 3: I found his business card and then I was like, 70 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 3: you know what, life's too short. I'm going to email him. 71 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 3: And so I emailed him. This is my name and 72 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 3: this is who I am. So if you want call me. 73 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: What was it about her once you got to know 74 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: her that made you realize you were going to break 75 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 1: that vow you made to not get married again. 76 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 2: Nicole has and I'm sure deny it all the time, 77 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 2: but she has a natural light about her that is undeniable. 78 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 2: And it's fun to introduce her to additional people or 79 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 2: to watch her kind of under element and see how 80 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 2: people respond naturally to her. They naturally want to open 81 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 2: up to her, and they naturally feel better no matter 82 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 2: what their circumstances are. 83 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: And for people who don't know Trent, how would you 84 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: describe him? 85 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 3: He's just a one tough son of a gun. And 86 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 3: you know, it's like, don't tell him he can't, because 87 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 3: he's going to and he will do it, maybe just 88 00:04:55,120 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 3: despite you. He's very tenacious. 89 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: To set the stage for the battles. Trent would face 90 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: ahead after a whirlwind romance and wedding, the couple discovered 91 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: they were expecting twins. However, complications arose in the womb 92 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: when their daughter Nevah began taking nutrients from her brother Logan, 93 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,559 Speaker 1: putting both at risk. 94 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,239 Speaker 2: It became very dangerous. So, I mean we went from 95 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 2: the joyous moving along the process to suddenly realizing something 96 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 2: was wrong, and it kicked everything into overdrive. And from 97 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: the moment of our first I guess realization is something 98 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 2: was wrong. Within two weeks, the doctors came in and said, 99 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 2: we have to take them. We had to take them now. 100 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 2: Logan was a great risk and Avaiah was as well, 101 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 2: and then if things didn't go right, then the risk 102 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 2: was Nicole and I just had to button up and pray, 103 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 2: but keep her excited and energize that you know you're 104 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:57,799 Speaker 2: going to be a mom. 105 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: Logan was born weighing just too pounds five ounces and 106 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: Navajah at three pounds eleven ounces. Both babies spent their 107 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: first few months in the nick you fighting to grow stronger, 108 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: a stressful start for the new family. At the time 109 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: you started exhibiting symptoms. 110 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 2: The symptoms actually came months later, but they started piling. 111 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 2: I mean, I was definitely I was wearing down my body. 112 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 2: I was wearing down emotionally and spiritually fast because Logan 113 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 2: was in the hospital for about almost three months and 114 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 2: he had multiple times where there was possibility that he 115 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 2: wouldn't make it. You know, they took us into that 116 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 2: room that's in a hospital, or a room that's in 117 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 2: a nicku that no parent ever wants to go into, 118 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 2: and they're telling us that your son is dying. It 119 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 2: was a lot to handle. And Nichol's very strong, but 120 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 2: at the same time, I had to be stronger. 121 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: And at this point you began to experience symptoms you 122 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: couldn't quite explain. Take me back to that moment. 123 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: The first ones, they were very obvious to me. I 124 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 2: guess they didn't make sense, but I at the same 125 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 2: time I was justifying why they were happening. December sixteenth, 126 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 2: twenty eleven, was the day that everything went south for good. 127 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 2: I was actually underneath a car and was trying to 128 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 2: work an estimate on a vehicle. I'll never forget the 129 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 2: vehicle either, Toyota, camer and Gray and at a body 130 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 2: shop that wasn't very friendly. And while I was under there, 131 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 2: after I was done, I was trying to get out 132 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 2: from underneath it, and my legs wouldn't hold my weight 133 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 2: to be able to pull my body. 134 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: Out, something you had done a million times before. 135 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 2: Right I was worried I was gonna be stuck under there. 136 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 2: It was the first moment I think I felt far 137 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 2: that was distinct as to what is happening. 138 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: Attempting to shake off the awkward maneuvering, Trent took over 139 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: two hours to drive just six miles home, struggling the 140 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: whole way to control his eat on the pedals. 141 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 4: What did you initially chalk that up to? 142 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 2: I just thought I was tired. You know, we were 143 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 2: coming up on Christmas. I had saved all year for 144 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 2: Christmas time off so that we get spend our first 145 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 2: Christmas with family, and I just thought my body was 146 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 2: really a step ahead of me wanting to go on 147 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 2: vacation a little early. And it was Nicole who said, 148 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 2: this is not exhaustion, this is something else, and she 149 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 2: called the position. She did all of this, so I 150 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 2: would have continued just to write it off. And then 151 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 2: he said I need to see him right away. 152 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:40,239 Speaker 1: And even in the midst of newborn twins with challenges, 153 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: your wife took one look at you, and it was 154 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: blatantly obvious to her. 155 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 2: And she was not going to accept my answer if 156 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 2: you're just tired. 157 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: Okay, so you go to the doctors the next day. 158 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 2: I did, and he could tell something was obviously wrong, 159 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 2: but you know, it's kind of hard to diagnose just 160 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 2: in a primaries office. So they sent me over to 161 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 2: a facility that's just next door to get a seat 162 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 2: exam done. And after it was all done, they said, okay, 163 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 2: you can go, and I just looked at them and 164 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 2: I said, I can't. I can't get up. 165 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: And you know, the. 166 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 2: First response was okay, that's sometimes that's normally been laying 167 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 2: down for a while, and so we'll set you up. 168 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 2: Was they're trying to sit me up, I'm still going backwards, 169 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 2: so I can't move my arms the way I needed to. 170 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 2: My head was kind of like a bobblehead. I couldn't 171 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 2: really control the muscles of my neck. So they realized 172 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 2: something was wrong in contacted ems. Then everything just cascaded downhill. 173 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, but that's it sounds like a horror movie. 174 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 1: You can't wake up from. 175 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 2: Very much, so because you're suddenly completely dependent on everybody else, 176 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 2: and you don't know why. 177 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: Trent suddenly began losing control of his motor skills. With 178 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: no family nearby for support, Nicole had to stay home 179 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: with the kids, receiving updates from Trent only when he 180 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: had the energy, which made the uncertainty overwhelming. 181 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 3: I was probably in disbelief, like, they'll figure it out. 182 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 3: This is weird, just acutely paralyzed. It was kind of 183 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 3: like he couldn't feel his arms, and then he couldn't 184 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 3: feel his legs, and I was like, what is going on, 185 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 3: and they'll figure out something, but they never did. 186 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:31,959 Speaker 2: So, yeah, spinal tap, reflex exams, strength testing, trying to 187 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 2: figure out how spasticity. They were doing everything they could 188 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 2: and nothing was spastic. It just wouldn't move. The main 189 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 2: neurologist there, he was fantastic. So what he did. It 190 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 2: brought in other neurologists. I think there were five or six, 191 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 2: and they all came up with essentially the same diagnosis. 192 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 2: But what was interesting is the first time I knew 193 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 2: I was really in trouble was I noticed that they 194 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 2: pronounced it a different way, each one of them, and 195 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 2: so I just asked him point blank, I said, you 196 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,359 Speaker 2: don't see this very often? Do you, And he said 197 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 2: most neu all just will go through their entire career 198 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 2: and never see this like wellish comfort. And that was 199 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 2: when it started to set in that something was really wrong. 200 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,199 Speaker 1: Trent soon found himself paralyzed from the waist down and 201 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: losing feeling in other parts of his body. Doctors diagnosed 202 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: him with Guyan Beret syndrome or GBS, a rare autoimmune 203 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 1: disorder where the immune system attacks the nervous system, specifically 204 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: the spine, causing muscle weakness and paralysis. 205 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 3: And they told us when he first got sick that 206 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 3: I would be a widow in about I think it 207 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 3: was two months. 208 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: Honestly, tell me exactly what they said and how. 209 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 4: You process that? 210 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 3: I mean, they said that his disease was progressive and 211 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 3: that he wasn't going to make it and to prepare, 212 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 3: you know, how do you process that? I think the 213 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 3: only thing that I like, truly, really vividly remember is 214 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 3: the grocery store down there is a Publix. I just 215 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 3: remember being in like Aisle five of publics and then 216 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 3: I have a little mental breakdown and I cried for 217 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 3: about thirty seconds, and then I was like, Okay, put 218 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 3: in my big girl pants in day by day. You 219 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 3: just gotta do what you gotta do. That's like the 220 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 3: one thing that I vividly remember from the whole thing, 221 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 3: because all of it is just a blur, honestly. 222 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 1: Once moved to the ICU, Trent's lungs began to shut 223 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: down and he started losing more control of his bodily functions. 224 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: Doctors acted quickly to prevent further damage. They attempted to 225 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: regulate his immune system with steroids. Plasmaphoresis a process that 226 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: filters harmful antibodies from the blood and replaces the plasma 227 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: and intravenous immunoglobulin an infusion of antibodies, often called ivig. 228 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 2: I needed to help give my body something else to 229 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 2: fight instead of fighting itself. So the steroids did one 230 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 2: good thing. They kept my lungs functioning, even though the 231 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 2: rest of my body was getting worse. I was able 232 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 2: to breathe independently. I was trying to move my body 233 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 2: by trying to do what I could to move whatever 234 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 2: would move like. I fell out of the bed a 235 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 2: number of times, just trying to get some sort of 236 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 2: function back. I just I didn't understand what was happening. 237 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: The doctors were able to get Trent breathing on his 238 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 1: own again, but regaining feeling in his limbs took more time. 239 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: Once his GBS was under control, he was transferred to 240 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: a rehab hospital to start rebuilding his strength. Do you 241 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: remember the first time you saw in a coal? 242 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 2: I saw in a coal right before they were going 243 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 2: to transfer me. 244 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 4: Do you remember the look on her face the first 245 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 4: time she saw you in the hospital? 246 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 2: What I remember? And I wish I could get the 247 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 2: memory out of my head, but I remember being at 248 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 2: to see through the doors of the ambulance and see 249 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 2: her in my car behind the ambulance, and she could 250 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 2: just kept wiping her eyes. She was going And I've 251 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 2: never talked about that before, and I just I was helpless. 252 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 2: I was completely helpless. Now she got these brand new 253 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 2: babies at home that need their father, and she needs 254 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 2: her husband. And that was what I broke. That was 255 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 2: the first time I broke Ah, Trent. I felt like 256 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 2: maybe I just needed to see her, Maybe it would 257 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 2: give me a better perspective of what she was going through. 258 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 4: Have you ever told her about that? 259 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 2: No, that's literally the first time I've ever talked about it. 260 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: So where were you on day one, had you lost 261 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: all mobility? 262 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 2: I was able to move my neck around, I couldn't 263 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 2: really lift it very well, so I'm trying to get 264 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 2: my neck to do that. That was difficult, but I'd 265 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 2: learned is to compensate by trying to start turning on 266 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 2: my side or helping somebody to turn on my side 267 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 2: where I could look from different angles. But I tried 268 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 2: to start building my hands back. 269 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: Trent struggled to comprehend how he had lost his mobility 270 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: so rapidly, even more daunting. He had to focus on 271 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: building the resilience to fight through whatever recovery he could achieve. 272 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: Are you being given options in terms of treatment at 273 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: this point. 274 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 2: No, This hospital had only seen it once or twice. 275 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 2: The neurologists and some of the physicians, even the physical 276 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 2: therapists had read about it, but they never treated a 277 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 2: patient with this condition. And they were very honest about 278 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 2: that fact, saying we're going to learn as we go, 279 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 2: and that was a comfort to me. I was afraid 280 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 2: that there was nobody I had to talk to, but 281 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 2: for them to make that specific, I guess goal in 282 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 2: mind that we're going to work on this together and 283 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 2: figure this out together. That was incredible. 284 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: At thirty seven was seven month old twins at home. 285 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: Trent faced an unexpected and terrifying new reality. His vision 286 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: of fatherhood turned on its head. The fear and uncertainty 287 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: were beginning to feel insurmountable. 288 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 2: I was overwhelmed. I remember that one as I could 289 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 2: not get my heart to slow down because I was 290 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 2: now farther away from my children and farther away from 291 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 2: my wife. The only things that I could think about 292 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 2: were the negative things. I couldn't think about the opportunity 293 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 2: that was there in front of me with the people 294 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 2: that were part of my support team, and my focus 295 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 2: was on what I lost. You know, it was am 296 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 2: I going to be able to go back to what 297 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 2: I used to do? Not like this? It was very 298 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 2: much wrapped up in the I can't do this anymore. 299 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: We'll be right back with Symptomatic a Medical Mystery Podcast. 300 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: Now back to Symptomatic a Medical Mystery Podcast. Trent's life 301 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: suddenly changed when GBS caused him to lose control of 302 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: his motor skills, landing him in the ICU with failing lungs. 303 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:18,959 Speaker 1: Doctors work to stabilize him with treatments like plasmaphoresis and IVG, 304 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: eventually getting him breathing on his own again. However, feeling 305 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:28,400 Speaker 1: and mobility did not return, leaving his recovery uncertain. At 306 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: thirty seven, with seven month old twins at home, Trent 307 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: and his family were desperate to rebuild his strength and 308 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: adapt to this new reality. 309 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 3: He was in this motorized wheelchair. We were living in 310 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 3: a two story home at the time. He was never fat, 311 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 3: that he was a lot heavier than he is now, 312 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 3: and just being able to not use his hands fully. 313 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 3: I mean, our life was like a shit show for 314 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 3: like a very long time because we got the infants 315 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 3: and then they're in their little bumbo chairs and then 316 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 3: their little bouncy chairs, and there's like bottles everywhere and 317 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 3: the dog running around, and then this motorized wheelchair that 318 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 3: was like a behemoth, and he couldn't really use his 319 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,160 Speaker 3: arm so much, and then we had to physically restructure 320 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 3: everything in the house because he couldn't reach things up 321 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 3: in the cabinet. 322 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 1: Feeling overwhelmed, Trent and Nicole decided to move from Florida 323 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:32,640 Speaker 1: to Texas. Being closer to Trent's family meant they would 324 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: have the extra help and support they truly needed. 325 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 2: And literally the first day we moved back to Texas. 326 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 2: The next day my father died and so we were 327 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 2: short of a huge part of my support system because 328 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 2: he had really come through and been there to help 329 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 2: me try to get back up on my feet. So 330 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 2: we navigated a lot of grief and a lot of 331 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 2: difficult situations. 332 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: Thankfully, through seemingly in surmountable challenges came a glimmer of hope. 333 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: Trent's new physical therapist decided it would be beneficial to 334 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: involve his family, including the kids, while establishing a strength 335 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 1: building routine. This was especially meaningful because his son, Logan, 336 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: born prematurely and delayed in his development, was still learning 337 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: how to move and walk. 338 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 2: A lot of the physical therapy movements were trying to 339 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 2: get at core strength, so it puts you on a 340 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 2: big medicine ball rolling back and forth. Logan was laying 341 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,239 Speaker 2: next to me, and so somebody went and got a 342 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 2: small medicine ball and put him on the medicine ball. 343 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 2: Here's this little baby who is learning how to walk 344 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 2: the same time his dad is. It gave me such 345 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 2: an inspiring view as to my relationship with my kids, 346 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 2: because I felt like I was losing that because I 347 00:19:55,760 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 2: was away from them. It was beautiful. He got stronger, stronger, quicker, 348 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 2: and quicker because we spent that same time together. 349 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: Oh, does he have any idea how much he inspired 350 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,120 Speaker 1: you through those dark times? 351 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 2: I let him know that. All the time people ask 352 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 2: me who your hero is or who gives you the 353 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 2: most strength? And my kids do. And I told Logan 354 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 2: from the beginning, I said, people think I'm a fighter, said, 355 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 2: they don't know your story. I said, when they hear 356 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 2: your story, they realize where my strength comes from. And 357 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 2: I said, my strength comes from comes from you, Bud. 358 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 2: And you can see the mile creep in on this 359 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 2: little teenager face. 360 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: A smile I got to see. So you guys learned 361 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 1: to walk together. Basically, Yes, that's amazing. Do you know 362 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: what he told me? What he told me that you 363 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: are his hero? 364 00:20:51,840 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 2: He is also my hero. So started to see some improvement. 365 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 2: We reached a point where I was able to use 366 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 2: a walker with some AFOs, the ankle foot orthosis, which 367 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 2: for those that don't know, it's basically a brace that's 368 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 2: right on top of your calfs and your legs and 369 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 2: designed to give you some stability. So I was able 370 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 2: to reach the point where I was able to function 371 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 2: that way. I couldn't drive or anything like that, but 372 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 2: I was able to get some movement. And then about 373 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 2: ten months later I started going downhill again. 374 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: And when it came back, what were the symptoms? What 375 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: did that look like? 376 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 2: The pain was immense, the spasticity was just out of control. 377 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 2: The best explanation is, if you get the right treatment 378 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 2: and your body starts to restart, because basically your body 379 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 2: is shutting down, you have a really good chance for 380 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 2: the nerves to start connecting the way they should. In 381 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 2: my case, they didn't, so it sparked sharp pains. The 382 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 2: spasms were brutal. The spasms were so bad at some 383 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 2: point in my neck my neck would try to snap itself. 384 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 2: I couldn't keep it in control, job would pop. It 385 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 2: was very painful. So as the pain continued, the depression 386 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 2: kicks in, the fear kicks in at that point. From 387 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 2: what you read is that it's extremely rare for gallmbre 388 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 2: to come back, and if it does, it will typically 389 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: come back worse. But this was very similar. 390 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: So you now have a great team caring for you. 391 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: Are they testing you now? Are they questioning your initial diagnosis. 392 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 2: They weren't necessarily questioning the initial diagnosis, but the longevity 393 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 2: of what I was going through, so GALLMBRE. Typically, whatever 394 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 2: damage it's done is done towards the beginning and next 395 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 2: days in your system, usually typically around two years. But 396 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 2: min had gone well beyond that, and I'd seen such 397 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 2: a drastic quick decline on the second go ROUNM that 398 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 2: that's when they went in and took a look at it, 399 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 2: and they said, okay, well, whatever was in the beginning 400 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 2: may have been so, but what fit much more broader 401 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 2: base in terms of what I was going to face 402 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 2: for the rest of my life was CIDP. 403 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: Due to the prolonged duration of the symptoms, doctor's corrected 404 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: trench diagnosis to CIDP chronic inflammatory demielinating poly neuropathy. 405 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 2: Maybe the best description I was given about CIDP is 406 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 2: your nerves have a covering on top of it, and 407 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 2: the covering is a milin sheath. And what happens that 408 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 2: your body is attacking that mile in sheet that's attacking 409 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 2: your nerve endings. So as it goes through the mile 410 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 2: in sheath, and your nerves are kind of exposed, and 411 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 2: so if they're exposed it becomes more difficult to do 412 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,959 Speaker 2: the things that you would normally do. Your body can't recover, 413 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 2: it doesn't function the same way you know where. It 414 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 2: might affect your gait, It might affect your breathing, It 415 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:49,160 Speaker 2: might affect your ability to pick things up, your dexterity 416 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 2: that could be very frustrating. In a similar form is 417 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 2: the GBS. Basically, your body is constantly attacking itself. So 418 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 2: it's another autoimmune situation. 419 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: And I'm assuming you'd ever heard of it before. 420 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 2: I had no idea what it was. 421 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: CIDP is a rare disease, often misdiagnosed as GBS. While 422 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: GBS comes on quickly and intensely, CIDP develops gradually over 423 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: time and becomes chronic, making it a long term challenge 424 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: to diagnose and treat. And Trent was hit with both 425 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: in just a few years. Were you given a prognosis, 426 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: were you told what you should expect? 427 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 2: So we did ibig. So that is a really kind 428 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 2: of a go to treatment protocol for people with CIDP 429 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 2: in most cases, especially the ones that are more severe. 430 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 1: Due to the similarities between GBS and CIDP, both conditions 431 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: are treated with the same methods over different periods of time. 432 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: Trent's IVIG treatment was reinstated in hopes that it would 433 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 1: be more effective over a longer deraation. 434 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 2: It gives your body something else to fight, so your 435 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 2: body that's become very confused and is attacking itself will 436 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 2: start to attack the medicine to where your body can 437 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 2: start to rebuild that mile in sheath, so there's a 438 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 2: small shelf life. Ten days into the treatment, you could 439 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 2: feel it, you could fill. Your body starting to get weaker, 440 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 2: and it becomes harder to push a wheelchair. You start 441 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,360 Speaker 2: dropping things and get much more exhausted quicker. 442 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: By twenty thirteen, two years into his fight, Trent faced 443 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 1: a new challenge CIDP. The progress he had made in 444 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 1: physical therapy was slipping away, and painful flare ups had returned. 445 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: Seeing this, Trent's doctors decided it was time to take 446 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:51,719 Speaker 1: more drastic measures to stop the deterioration and repair the damage. 447 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 2: I went to a particular doctor that I'd heard of, 448 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 2: and he recommended that I get an implant put into 449 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 2: my spine. So I agreed. I was nervous, but having 450 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 2: something that was really stuck with me for the rest 451 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 2: of my life, but it made sense the way it 452 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 2: was explained. But something went wrong. So in the surgery, 453 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 2: there were some decisions made by the surgeon that went 454 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 2: against protocol for what she would do with that implant, 455 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 2: and he ended up cutting into my t ten vertebra. 456 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,159 Speaker 2: So I didn't know what had happened. I knew before 457 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 2: I had weak and kind of the tingly feeling of 458 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 2: my legs that's really annoying pins and needles type feeling. 459 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 2: Suddenly I went to I couldn't feel them at all. 460 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 2: And then it wasn't until twenty fourteen where I realized 461 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 2: just how bad of the mistake he had made. 462 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:51,360 Speaker 1: On next week's season finale of Symptomatic, we continue Trent's 463 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:55,640 Speaker 1: story as the consequences of the failed surgery quickly push 464 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 1: him to the brink of death. 465 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 2: I ended up having two embolisms by back. The second 466 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 2: one actually killed me, and I wasn't gone very long 467 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 2: and they sat down and they said they needed to 468 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 2: talk to me. That's never a good starting point to 469 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 2: a conversation when it's a doctor. And they said, there's 470 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 2: not anything more that we can do for you. 471 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 1: But Trent refused to let his dire prognosis to find 472 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: his future. Determined he would discover a treatment that would 473 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: not only restore his mobility, but also place him on 474 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 1: a path to becoming a world championship athlete. As always, 475 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 1: we would love to hear from you. 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