After she gave birth to her first child, Holly Gerlach, only 26 years old, was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome. This rare autoimmune disorder changed her life without warning until she finally was able to start fighting back.

Thankfully, her little girl, Casey Marie, had been born healthy. But Holly hadn’t gotten to spend much time with her new baby before she began to feel a pain in her neck and weakness in her legs. In just 12 hours, she couldn’t walk anymore, and within 72 hours, she was completely paralyzed. At the hospital she was admitted to the ICU and was put on a ventilator since she could not even breathe on her own. She spent two and a half months there, unable to even speak to her family.

Watch her incredible journey back to health!

