California Woman Paralyzed After Parasite Infects Her Blood

Maria Palen from California is battling paralysis, but doctors are not 100 percent sure why. The 31-year-old started feeling pain and inflammation in 2018 but thought diet and working out would fix it. Her symptoms worsened, leading to extreme pain and several emergency room visits. Maria is now paralyzed and doctors are trying to determine what is attacking her body. She shared her story with Inside Edition Digital's Andrea Swindall.

[RedstoneRecords]

One tick bite can flip your life upside down. So much more funding is needed for this science!

[cdrad]

She has a beautiful spirit and her hope will give others hope as well. I will pray for you Maria.

[jye]

Wow, she seems like such a wholesome loving woman! 🥺🥺 I pray she gets better, god please save her 🙏🏾🙏🏾✝️✝️

[kingskid]

It’s AMAZING how positive she is despite her challenges
Power on
All the best 🙏 ✌️

[suryatkurma]

She is so brave and positive. God bless her wishing her speedy recovery

[rosesweet]

Wow that’s scary, I was diagnosed with Lyme last fall…the arthritis is excruciating painful….there are just so many different types of symptoms, I didn’t know it could paralyze you…that poor girl, she went thru a lot and still in good spirits..

[dev_nickf]

Once in fourth grade i woke up and couldnt walk for a few weeks after going to a water park, it felt like someone was stabbing my legs when i tried to walk. Eventually I was able to crawl and slowly able to build up the strength to walk again. Not sure if the doctors knew what was wrong with me but I hope you get better too.

[erlineandrews]

Even though she cant be as active as she used to be, shes showing that even without all that shes an amazing person.

[SunMoonAndStars]

So sad and scary. Glad someone (a doctor/nurse) cared enough about her to seek a diagnosis. So sad and scary!

[Msflamingo-wlqo]

Her attitude is inspiring! God bless her with a quick and complete recovery!🙏🩷

[jojorainbow]

Maria! You are awesome! I'm sorry this happened to you, but I like how you're still outgoing and being positive about this. Stay strong girl!

[robynmoore]

We love you Maria and can't wait to see what big things are ahead for you. ❤

[robotlife]

This poor woman ❤ Stay strong girl - you are amazing!

[ia]

I can’t imagine what her medical bills look like

[anthonymanuel]

I’ve been paralyzed since July. If sucks so much It’s something nobody deserves

[francescalopez]

Wow she is so beautiful😍 so sad this happened to her! She is still so postive after everything praying for her 🩷🫶

[Rbeautiful]

I love her attitude she’s so positive about life. Praying things get better for her 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Bmxgirlmom]

We love you Maria! ❤ can’t wait to see the story air tomorrow!

[awaitingSaint]

More common than many realize. She's lucky that she had a doctor that would actually test for these things. Most docs will scoff. I know from experience.

[MrTrolster]

Her internal strength is much greater than her physical strength, she amazing, and has a lot of faith that everything is going to be ok. And it will!