Three-year-old children are very energetic. So when Collin, 3, was not up and running around, as usual, his parents were concerned.
Their little boy was laying in bed and just staring up at them, he couldn’t move – he was paralyzed. Stephanie and Dillon tried to think.
The night before, Collin had hit his head during a baseball game, but he had gotten right back up.
They didn’t realize there was a problem then. Collin was rushed to the ER, and the tests for concussion and meningitis all came back negative.
Collin was taken to a children’s hospital in Memphis. They discovered the problem. A tick.
Once the tick had been removed Collin was able to move!
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Neurotoxins in the salivary glands of the tick can get into the bloodstream and cause paralysis.
Once the tick is removed the paralysis dissipates.
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