Robin Holaway Owens's story

I remember waking up at 4 or 5 crying because I knew I was going to the hospital. 

The next morning, I couldn't walk and, indeed, I went to the Children's Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. 
I can remember bits and pieces of my hospital stay - having bad dreams about running when I couldn't move my legs, and a doctor in a turban-type hat). I remember a test of needles in my head afterwards. 

I did recover and after physical therapy that I also remember little about, it was over - or so I thought.

As time progressed, I lost some bladder control, felt more pains in my back than a child should and always scraped the tip of my shoes from not lifting my feet enough when I walked. Doctors tested me for MS as well. 

As an adult, much later - 50 years later - the restless legs I had were so impacting my sleep that it was unbearable. The pain in my back became unbearable and my bladder control issues increased and ringing in my ears.