never not dealing with it. what if it were easier for you to deal with pets than with people ? i can t imagine living without dogs. and what if you went from endurance athletes to wheelchair bound in just six months? you realize oh, this isn t going the way this is my life, you know? how would you cope? tonight we ll meet three people who overcame their odds by doing something that you might think is a joke. we re setting out on a strange trip. but stick with us. it s all about to make sense. think back on your childhood for a moment. do you remember the first time you saw mickey? how excited you were on your face? do you remember watching cartoons as a kid and the happiness that brought you entire industries have been built on this. on having kids experienced this magic. but what if you never grew out of that feeling? there are people whose affinity for animal characters never went away. people like lindsey. you okay? you sure? yes the first thing i notice about her is that
there you go. oh i missed. oh no . oh 24 year old allison is a gamer, self described nerd and a former endurance athlete. four years ago, she was biking 50 miles a day and climbing mountains. she had a job as a sales rep and a promotion on the horizon. life was good. but this is allison now really cold, experiencing pain so severe is often confined to a wheelchair. it s been really hard and it was really scary. you know, when you realize oh, this isn t going away. this is my life. allison thought it was her active lifestyle that was wearing her down. you know, i m 20. maybe