This is going to be a hard one. No way around it. This experience was difficult to live through and still gives me a pit in my stomach when I think back on it. At the same time, there were some beautiful moments and I suppose some positives that came from it all. Basically, Porter woke up late at night on December 4th 2013--just as Kevin and I were falling asleep. He came into our room screaming in pain and kind of grabbing around his upper back/shoulders. We weren't sure what was going on, but kinda thought he was maybe experiencing some growing pains and was perhaps just a bit disoriented from sleep. We calmed him down and got him back in bed with some ibuprofen. Within minutes he was calling out. We headed to his room and again tried to calm him down and get him comfortable. He seemed somewhat relaxed so we were about to leave his room when he mentioned that his legs felt numb. Kevin and I looked at each other and knew immediately that we needed to get him to ...