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Medina County teen paralyzed by virus determined to walk again

Matthew Ginsberg, MD, a pediatric neurologist at Akron Children's, discusses acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), the rare, rapid onset disease that paralyzed 13-year-old Isabel Kirby of Chippewa Lake. Eight months after she was stricken, Kirby is making progress toward her goal of walking again.

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