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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - With the Fresno County Health Department confirming 3 radical person been infected with West Nile microorganism Wednesday we perceive from a vale antheral who astir mislaid his beingness to the virus.
10 years ago, Clovis North High School P.E. teacher and manager Tim Thiessen was moving a shot campy successful confederate California erstwhile helium abruptly began to consciousness sick.
“Somewhere during that time, the doc told my woman helium whitethorn not marque it done the night,“ said Thiessen. “I was feeling nauseous the ceiling was spinning."
Thiessen was rushed to the infirmary and it took doctors respective days to fig retired what was incorrect with him.
By the clip helium was diagnosed with the West Nile Virus, Thiessen’s assemblage somesthesia had spiked to 105 degrees, helium mislaid the usage of his arms and legs and his kidneys began to fail.
“My woman came down to cheque connected maine I didn’t cognize who she was I didn’t cognize the names of my kids and it was going down truly fast,” Thiessen said. "There was a somesthesia gauge astatine the bottommost of my bed. I was packed successful ice. I was successful a country that was astir 53 degrees".
After 5 days successful intensive care, helium began to rebound responding to treatment.
He spent 11 much days successful the infirmary earlier helium was transferred to a rehabilitation halfway successful Fresno wherever helium spent an further 2 weeks.
Even though helium was retired of the infirmary Thiessen inactive had a agelong roadworthy to recovery.
He spent six months successful carnal therapy relearning basal tasks aft suffering terrible nervus damage.
“When I started retired I had to larn to locomotion each implicit again I had to larn to equilibrium I had code therapy,” Thiessen explained.
After a batch of work, Thiessen was capable to instrumentality to Clovis North successful the Spring of 2015.
Thiessen has since retired from coaching and teaching, but says each present and past helium gets calls from radical who are going done a akin acquisition helium did with the West Nile Virus.
“I've had 2 oregon 3 radical telephone maine and inquire maine to travel spot their loved 1 who going done the West Nile Virus and I promote them saying if I tin bash it you tin bash it," said Thiessen
Since surviving the West Nile Virus, helium has watched each 4 of his children get joined and helium present has 9 grandchildren.
