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ADMINISTRATORS SAY 33,000
STUDENTS WERE STRANDED THIS
MORNING.
TEACHER'S LONG
STRUGGLE WITH LYME DISEASE HAS
GOTTEN THE ATTENTION OF KATIE
COURIC.
KELLY DOWNING SAYS SHE HER KATIE
WAS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD
SCARES, SO SHE
RESPONDED.
DOWNING SAYS SHE HOPES HER STORY
BRINGS AWARENESS TO A DAVE
STATING DISEASE.
>> DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN CURED OR ARE YOU STILL
SYMPTOMATIC?
>> NO, I STILL AM SYMPTOMATIC.
IN THE THICK OF BATTLING THIS
ILLNESS.
>> FOR KELLY DOWNING THE CHANCE
TO TELL HER STORY TO KOWRK CORK
AD MILLIONS OF VIEWERS IS
CHANCE TO BRING AWARENESS TO
WHAT SHE CALLS A HERSLESS
ILLNESS.
IT STARTED IN JANUARY 2012 AFTER
A BOUT WITH THE FLU.
>> MY RIGHT HAS BEEN SWELLS AND
MY ARM JUST PARALYZES.
ABOUT SIX HOURS LATER SURE
MY OTHER HAND STARTED TO
SWELL AND THAT PARALYZED.
NUMEROUS TESTS BUT
COUNTLESS DOCTORS HAD NO IDEA
WHAT SHE HAD.
GETTING WEAKWERE
TOO AND FOR FIVE MONTHS HER
FAMILY CARED FOR HER 24 HOURS A
DAY.
A FRIEND SUGGESTED SHE GET
SOME SPECIALIZED BLOOD TEST TO
ECONOMIC FOR LYME DISEASE, AND
FINALLY A DIAGNOSIS.
>> I AM LIVING WITH CHRONIC LYME
DISEASE.
HAVE BEEN LIVING
WITH THIS FOR AS LONG AS 15
YEARS.
>> KELLY HAD HAD VARIOUS
AILMENTS OVER THE YEARS, BUT NO
ONE HAD EVER CONNECTED THEM.
SHE WAS PUT ON I.V. ANTIBIOTICS.
BUT IN DECEMBER HER DOCTOR HAS
TO TEMPORARILY STOP THE
MEDICATION.
OFF THE ANTIBIOTICS.
I THEN PARALYZED FROM THE NECK
DOWN TO MY TOES.
>> KELLY'S STRONG FAITH AS WELL
AS HER POSITIVE ATTITUDE HELPED
THROUGH IT ALL.
>> I JUST SAID IF I HAVE NOTHING
OF MY BODY TO GIVE, I COULD
EVERYONE MY SMILE AND
MY PERSONALITY.
AND I WOULD TAKE THAT AS FAR AS
I COULD.
>> AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF REHAB
AT KINDRED HEALTH CARE IN
SHE BEGAN TO IMPROVE AND
EVEN SURPRISED HER SON WITH A
HUG.
ANDS STILL ON ANTIBIOTICS
HAS SOME WEAKNESS.
BUT SAYS NOW SHE TAKES NOTHING
BLESSED.ED, AND FEELS
>> I HOPE THAT WHEN ALL IS SAID
CAN BE IN AT THIS
STORY OF HOPE.