“I felt like Gumby. My limbs were dragging and I was running into the walls. I told my wife, 'bring me to the hospital.'”

CBC News · Aug 8 · US mosquito populations plummet but West Nile virus cases hit 22-year high

“I lost 70 pounds in about a month because I was paralyzed. I couldn't eat, swallow, my hearing was gone, my eyesight was gone and my eyelids wouldn't close.”

CBC News · Aug 8 · US mosquito populations plummet but West Nile virus cases hit 22-year high

“I can't get dressed anymore and people have to feed me because I don't have my arm functioning. It's horrible to not be independent.”

CBC News · Aug 8 · US mosquito populations plummet but West Nile virus cases hit 22-year high