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TEST FLIGHTS START NEXT YEAR. CUSTOMERS COULD BE FLYING BY
2023.
2023.
2023. >>>
2023. >>> WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU
+@KNEW ONE DAY YOU WOULDN'T BE @
ABLE TO WALK.
THE WOMAN YOU ARE ABOUT TO ME
IS PUSHING THROUGH EXTREME PAIN
T+@O MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. JOBIN PANICKER HAS HER FIGHT TO
THE FINISH LINE.
>> THERE IS NOTHING
MECHANICALLY OR PHYSICALLY
WRONG.
WRONG.
WRONG. IT
WRONG. IT IS JUST THAT THE NERVOUS
SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
>> Reporter: FEW PEOPLE CAN
DIVIDE THEIR DAY TEWAY WANITA
IS FORCED TO.
>> RELAX.
>> RELAX.
>> RELAX. >> Reporte+@r: SO DIVIDED LIKE
NIGHT AND DAY.
PAIN IS THE SCALE SHE LIVES
WITH.
WITH.
WITH. ON
WITH. ON A SCALE OF 1-10 SHE IS NOW
IN A FOUR. +@
>> MOST DAYS I AM BETWEEN A5+@
AND AND EIGHT.
>> Reporter: SHE HAS COMPLEX
REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME.
A MYSTERIOUS CHRONIC CONIIN
OF HER NERVOUS SYSTEM.
HER BRAIN +@IS CONSTANTLY BEING
SENT PAIN SIGNALS.
SHE WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED AT +@27
SHE WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED AT +@27@ DOCTORS SAID ONE DAY SHE WILL
NOT WALK.
NOT WALK.
NOT WALK. +@
NOT WALK. >> MY WHOLE WORLD AS I KNEW IT
WAS ON AND IT WAS.
IT HAS BEEN.
THIS DISEASE ROBS YOU OF YOUR
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. >>
LIFE. >> Reporter: IT WILL NOT ROB
HER OF SPIRIT.
>> Reporter: SHE SPE+@NDS EVERY
DAY JUST MANAGING PAIN.
ACUPUNCTURE HELPS.
ACUPUNCTURE HELPS. >> +@YOU ARE GRASPING AT STRAWS
TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: SHE STOPPED THE
MEDICINE AND SAID IT WASN'T
WORKING.
WORKING.
WORKING. TRIED NONTRADITIONAL TREATMENTS
LIKE CUPPING TO FIGHT THE CRPS.
>> IT FEELS LIKE YOUR LEGS ARE
ON FIRE.
ON FIRE.
ON FIRE. IT IS THIS BURNING SENSATION
THAT NEVER STOPS.
>> Reporter: NOTHING HERE IS
TRADITIONAL.
TRADITIONAL. HER DIET IS STRICT TO LIMIT
INFLAMMATION.
INFLAMMATION. +@PAIN LEVEL IS OUT OF FIVE AT
LUNCH.
LUNCH.
LUNCH. >>
LUNCH. >> MENTALLY I CAN+@ DO IT, I KN
I CAN.
I CAN.
I CAN. BUT MY BODY DOESN'T AGREE.
>> Reporter: THERE IS SOMETHING
YOU SHOULD KNOW.
IT DEFIES DOCTORS AND DEFINES
WANITA.
WANITA.
WANITA. >> I AM LOOKING AT HER AND
SHAKING MY HEAD.
THINKING IT IS CRAZY.
WHY?
WHY?
WHY? >>
WHY? >> Reporter: HER HUSBAND AND
+@
>> Reporter: HER HUSBAND AND DOCTORS HAVE TOLD HER TO SLOW
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. SHE
DOWN. SHE HAS NOT.
>> IT IS A RACE AGAINST TIME.
IT IS A RACE AGAINST TIME.
GETTING THE HEART RATE BACK
+@
GETTING THE HEART RATE BACK DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. WE
DOWN. WE ARE GOING TO GO AGAIN IN 30
SECONDS.
SECONDS.
SECONDS. >> Reporter: A TIME WHEN SHE
MAY NOT HAVE USE OF HER LEGS.
SHE IS PREPARING FOR A
TRIATHLON IN A +@FEW DAYS.
>> IT GIVES YO+@U A LITTLE EXTR
MOTIVATION TO MAKE THE MOST OF
EVERY MINUTE AND SHE DEFINITELY
DOES.
DOES.
DOES. NICE, THAT WAS AWESOME.
GOOD JOB.
GOOD JOB.
GOOD JOB. >> Reporter: SHE HAS DONE 33
RACES IN JUST 15 MONTHS.
THAT IS IMPRESSIVE FOR A
HEALTHY PERSON.
HEALTHY PERSON. >> RIGHT NOW IT IS ABOUT A 7
1/2 ORNATE.
1/2 ORNATE. >> Reporter: IF 10 IS THE LIMIT,
IT IS KNOCKING AT THE DOOR.
>> I GET TO SEE THE BEHIND THE
SCENES. THE CURTAIN DROPS.
>> Reporter: A ROUND +@OF ELECTC
STIMULATION HELP DESENSITIZE
HER LEGS AND NERVES.
>> I TRY TO DO IT AS HIGH AS I
CAN AS MUCH AS I CAN STAND IT.
>> Reporter: EVERY PULSE FEELS
LIKE SHE IS BEING STABBED.
MOST NIGHTS AND WITH THE LIGHT
MASSAGE FROM HER HUSBAND.
CRPS HAS NO CURE.
IT IS STILL A MYSTERY TO
DOCTORS.
DOCTORS.
DOCTORS. WHEN WANITA MAY LOSE HER
MOBILITY IS ALSO A MYSTERY.
+@
MOBILITY IS ALSO A MYSTERY. BUT SHE WON+@'T BE SITTING AROU
WAITING.
WAITING.
WAITING. SHE SAID THIS PRAYER EVERY
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. >> ONCE I STAND UP I SAY IT IS
A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE VERTICAL.
>> Reporter: WHILE HER BODY
SENDS MIXED SIGNALS, HER SPIRIT
MAY BE HER TRUE