When the paralysis reached her lungs, Charu was put on a mechanical ventilator, and that's when doctors named it Guillain-Barré syndrome. She woke up a few days later on life-saving drugs. For the first time in her life she wasn't thinking about goals or plans. All she wanted to know was whether she would survive.
She Woke Up From the Ventilator Asking One Question
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