just to walk. at some point, i knew if it continued, it would kill me. she saw countless medical specialis specialists. no one had an explanation. dr. gahl was trying to solve the mystery. this is super impressive. i mean you can literally see a cleavage in the middle of her back because the muscles are so big. dr. gahl is the lead investigator. bones aren t involved. just confined to the muscle. during a week of intense tests, there are scans, bloodwork, examination of everything going on inside sally s body. this is her brain. it s incredible. when the images were found, it was seen the muscles, even the muscles that govern the movement of the eye, really
i mean, you literally see a cleavage right in the middle of her back because those muscles are so big. dr. william gahl is the program s lead investigator. when you see these pictures, they are incredible. did you think steroids? sure. we pretty much all thought it, except the letter said she s not taking steroids, she s not taking anything anabolic, and she did weight lift a little bit but many years before. so there s no possible effect of that. so the endocrinologist had eliminated all the things we naturally would think about. when she falls asleep she tightens up some. reporter: dr. gahl and the udp see only the rarest cases. there s still a fair amount of rigidity. not only do they want to save lives, but they also want to advance science by identifying new diseases. bottom line, bone s not involved. it s not acromegaly. just confined to the muscle. what in the world could this be? reporter: during a week of intense tests, there are scans, blood work, an examina
have been using old campaign funds even though her campaign was over. if true, it would be a violation of federal election laws. now, ms. o donnell denies any wrongdoing but has so far refused to answer specific questions about those checks. today at a campaign event reporters and their cameras were allowed in but couldn t ask any questions. o donnell made clear she isn t happy with the coverage she s getting. it s wonderful to be here among so many friends. i m glad the media is here, but i m also a little bit disappointed because i wanted to talk candidly, and for some reason everything i m saying is getting recorded and twisted. so i m still going to talk openly with you. well, i don t speak for the media in general, but on this program we re not trying to twist anyone s words. we re simply trying to get some basic questions answered. these are questions which were first raised, actually, by o donnell s own former campaign workers. kristen murray was the campaign manag
applications actually made it to dr. gahl s desk. this is an acceptance letter. reporter: but udp has accepted only a little over 300 patients. you have to tell a lot of people no? we do, yes. it seems like that would be hard? well, it is hard. it s very hard. and i have to take some solace in the fact that even though we re turning down a lot of people we re still helping a chosen few. reporter: the few, with mysterious conditions no one can diagnose. kylee dawn mcpeak was born in may of 2004. the picture of a perfect baby girl. she developed like a precocious, healthy toddler. she was above average on everything. i mean, she could say her abcs when she was like 18 months old. reporter: then at 3 1/2 kylie was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
cases no one else has been able to crack. these are true medical mysteries. it s happening outside the nation s capital other the national institutes of health, nih for short. over the next few nights we ll introduce you to some patient who is have been through the ringer and turned to these doctor detectives as a last resort. the question we re asking, are they going to get the diagnosis they ve been waiting so long for? bethesda, maryland. deep inside the sprawling nih complex, dr. william gahl leads an elite team of doctors, specialists and researchers and they are the best in the world. together, they focus their vast expertise to try to save patient s lives. they are detectives in search of clues to solve mysteries no other doctors could solve. you re talking about patient who is have been seen by some of the best in the country here. they re very good clinicians and diagnostic doctors everywhere.