Sophia is still a healthy young girl whos thriving. Reporter sophia jarvis, like any 4yearold goes to preschool, and dance lessons. But one of her arms hangs limp. This berkely family describes an ordeal that started two years ago. Sophia was having trouble breathing. Over the course of three days, she wasnt using her left arm. An apparent virus, extremely rare had attacked her spinal cord. About the size of your pinky, i guess. Its pretty delicate piece of machinery. So, when things happen, i think it happens pretty fast. Reporter sophia is the youngest of five bay area children stricken. The oldest, 17. One of them has lost the use of all four limbs. Its serious. If youre affected. But the odds of being affected are extremely, extremely unlikely. Reporter those tracking the disease admit, they dont know how it spread, theres no warning, and no treatment. Similar outbreaks have occurred around the world, but theyre too rare here to get a handle on it. We need more cases to make sure,
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