not_my_kids
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Well now isn't that interesting! Predictable paralysis! First she has the flu, now she is paralyzed??? Imagine that? But, don't despair, she will be able to walk in a few days.............that's good, I guess.
Okay, this I will comment on. When the flu goes on for some time, as TS's apparently had, and you end up in the hospital, they will occasionally test for diseases such as meningitis, which has the exact same symptoms as the flu, in some cases, just more severe. That requires a spinal tap to test for spinal meningitis. If they do that spinal tap wrong, it can result in the inability to walk, or it can result in the need to have a blood patch done, after which some doctors recommend not walking.
It is also possible that she may have fallen and chipped her tailbone, or pinched a nerve, both of which can cause short term paralysis.
I agree, it sounds hinky, but there are some very legitimate reasons that she could be partially paralyzed. Unless I see her jump up and dance a jig and then sit back down in her chair and insist she can't walk, I won't judge her based on that. Other things, yes, but that, no.