One Step at a Time: ; When Wayne Perdue Woke Up One Morning, He Was Virtually Unable to Move. Struck by a Disease Where the Body Attacks Itself, Perdue Found Himself Struggling to Regain His Mobility and His Life.

Charleston Daily Mail › March 17, 2004

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In less than a day last April 14, Wayne Perdue of Alum Creek went from a muscled, able-bodied railroad man to a paralyzed person on a ventilator, fighting for his very life.

Just like that, his body failed him without an advance hint - except for a common sinus infection for which he was taking an antibiotic.

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One Step at a Time: ; When Wayne Perdue Woke Up One Morning, He Was Virtually Unable to Move. Struck by a Disease Where the Body Attacks Itself, Perdue Found Himself Struggling to Regain His Mobility and His Life.

By midnight of that day, Dr. Glenn Goldfarb understood what suddenly had numbed Perdue's body and robbed him of even the slightest movement.

A spinal tap and an electrical test of his nerves poi...

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