An Ohio boy walks for the first time after being paralyzed due to a disease. The hospital staff from Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio cheered on the young boy's milestone.
This emotional event for the 2-year-old Ohio boy, Alaric Bridgeman, was captured on video. The hospital uploaded it on Instagram, where it received thousands of views.
The Ohio boy
According to an article published by PEOPLE, the 2-year-old Ohio boy suffered from a rare inflammatory disease. This rare disease is called transverse myelitis. Alaric started suffering from this last December, and since then, hospital staff has been working hard to help him recover faster.
Transverse myelitis is a disease that causes injury and inflammation to the spinal cord. This disease caused the young boy to be completely paralyzed.
However, last December 20, a few weeks after being admitted to the hospital, hospital staff noticed that the 2-year-old Ohio boy had some intentional movement.
According to the hospital, that is when everyone worked hard to help the young boy.
The 2-year-old boy recovers fast.
After displaying "intentional movement," and through hospital staff's help, Alaric was allowed to start working with physical therapists.
The 2-year-old boy trained with his physical therapists twice a day so that he could regain his movement.
Alaric's father also helped his son through recovery by taking him on walks around the hospital. The young Ohio boy would often befriend those they would pass at the hospital during the walks.
Ohio boy walks for the first time.
Last week, the Ohio boy's efforts paid off. After weeks of recovering, Alaric was able to walk for the first time.
Because he was about to be discharged, the hospital staff, the Alaric's army, cheered on the young boy's milestone.
In the post on Instagram, the hospital said, "It was a very exciting day to send Alaric home and see all the incredible progress he has made!"
What the hospital staff did was set up a mini race road on the hallway floor. The event was even complete with a banner that read, "I did it!"
The Ohio boy walks for the first time using his walker. When Alaric crossed the finish line, he was welcomed by his physical therapists. All of them gave the little boy a big hug.
Netizens' reactions to the hospital staff's support to the Ohio boy
After being uploaded on Instagram, it already had more than 5,000 views.
Some netizens thought the Ohio boy did a great job, "Good job, Bud! Keep working hard."
Another Instagram applauded the hospital staff who helped Alaric, "God bless him. Thank you to all the health care workers who have worked continuously to serve others."
A lot congratulated Alaric too.
