>> Anchor: HIS LIFESAVING
JOURNEY CAPTURED HATS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> HE DID WELL FOR THE BEGINNING
PART OF THE YEAR.
>> I WAS GOING TO TRY TO RUN
WITH SOME.
SO I COULDN'T RUN.
>> Anchor: NOW A MYSTERIOUS
ILLNESS THE DOCTORS CANNOT
EXPLAIN.
WE FIRST INTRODUCED YOU TO
NEW HEART.
>> Anchor: HE GOT ONE.
AND EVERYTHING SEEMED PERFECT
UNTIL HE HAD A CRUSHING SETBACK.
SANDRA ALI TAKES YOU THROUGH THE
JOURNEY.
>> Reporter: WE HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING TREVOR'S STORY SINCE
MARCH OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE HEARD
ABOUT THE SOUTHFIELD TEEN ON
NEW HEART.
WE BROUGHT YOU THE CELEBRATION
LAST CHRISTMAS WHEN HE WENT HOME
TRANSPLANT.
SETBACK.
NOT EVEN DOCTORS CAN EXPLAIN.
>> AMAZING.
>> Reporter: CELEBRATING
SULLIVANS THOUGHT THE WORST OF
THE ORDEAL WAS BEHIND THEM.
TREVOR SULLIVAN NOW 15, HAD JUST
UNDERGONE A LIFESAVING HEART
TRANSPLANT AND WAS HOME FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN MANY MONTHS.
>> HE DID WELL FOR THE BEGINNING
PART OF THE YEAR.
MARCH.
>> Reporter: SULLIVANS WERE
ENJOYING HAVING TREVOR BACK HOME
AND GETTING BACK TO SWING OF
THINGS FOR FIRST TIME IN A LONG
WHILE.
THEY EVEN TOOK A FAMILY
VACATION.
IN JULY.
>> IT WAS A GREAT WEEK FOR HIM.
>> Reporter: AFTER THAT TRIP,
WORST.
>> SHORTLY AFTER, THAT HE
STARTED TO SAY HIS LEGS FELT
FUNNY BUT HE REALLY DID NOT HAVE
ANY FURTHER DESCRIPTION.
>> Reporter: TREVOR SAID THE
BODY STARTED TO FEEL WEAK.
>> THE WEEK BEFORE I WAS
ADMITTED WE WERE AT MY
GRANDPARENTS HOUSE.
AND MY COUSINS, THEY WERE ALL
OUTSIDE PLAYING WITH NERF GUNS.
BUT I COULDN'T.
>> Reporter: AT FIRST THEY DID
NOT KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
>> FIRST THING THAT GOES THROUGH
YOUR MIND IS GOODNESS, IS IT
SOME TIME OF REJECTION,
TRANSPLANT ISSUE.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS RULED OUT
ANY ISSUES OR COMPLICATIONS WITH
TREVOR'S NEW HEART.
BUT THERE WERE SO MANY
QUESTIONS.
INITIAL THOUGHTS WHERE IT WAS
POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MEDICATION,
LEVEL TOO HIGH.
THAT WAS NOT THE SITUATION THAT
TURNED OUT TO BE FINE.
77 THIRTY FOUR ADMITTED BACK TO
THE HOSPITAL IN ANN ARBOR.
NEUROLOGISTS STARTED TO RUN A
BATTERY OF TESTS.
EVEN CONSULTING WITH DOCTORS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND AROUND THE WORLD.
LOOKING FOR INPUT ON TREVOR'S
CASE.
TRYING TO FIGUR OUT HOW THIS
TEENAGE BOY WHO SEEMED TO BE
DOING GREAT AFTER A SUCCESSFUL
TRANSPLANT SUDDENLY HAD TROUBLE
WITHOUT HELP.
>> WHEN I FIRST WAS ADMITTED I
COULD WALK AND A HALF THEN IT
GOT WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE.
>> Reporter: TREVOR SPENT
WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL.
STILL DOCTORS COULD NOT EXPLAIN
WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIS BODY.
AND WHY.
>> TO SEE YOUR KID RUNNING
ACROSS THE BEACH AT THE
CAMPGROUND AND THROWING A
FOOTBALL, SHOOTING BASKETBALL
AND NOW HE CANNOT WALK OR RUN OR
DOING ANYTHING.
WOW! WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
>> Reporter: TREVOR SPENT
MONTHS WORKING WITH PHYSICAL AND
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS FOR
HOURS AT A TIME EVERY DAY.
WHILE DOCTORS DO NOT HAVE A
EXACT DIAGNOSIS THEY BELIEVE HE
MAY HAVE CAUGHT A RARE VIRUS
THAT IN TURN AFFECTS THE SPINE
SURE.
AS TREVOR WORKS TO SLOWLY REGAIN
HIS STRENGTH, THE COMMUNITY AT
GROVE HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES TO
RALLY FOR SULLIVANS.
HONORING TREVOR AT RECENT
FOOTBALL RALLY.
WAS.
WOW HE HAS NOT BEEN THERE BUT
YOU DO NOT FORGET ABOUT HIM.
>> Reporter: A FAMILY THAT HAS
BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH TRYING TO
SETBACK.
>> THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO REALLY.
I MEAN YOU HAVE GOT CHOICE TO
IT WELL.
IT.
>> Reporter: BRIGHT SPOT IN
ALL OF THIS.
TREVOR CAN HEAD HOME.
BEING DISCHARGED AND WILL NEED
PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY, AT LEAST, FOR
BACK TO YOU.
>> GOOD NEWS THERE.
STRONG YOUNG MAN TOO.
>> Anchor: REALLY IS.
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