Ep. 41 | Adrian's Leg

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Wondery | Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

A teenage boy suffers pain and embarrassment when his leg becomes grotesquely swollen and infected. His doctors can’t stop it from getting worse, and the problem spirals out of control. But his teacher refuses to give up on him. Working together, they make a startling discovery.

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0:09.2	app today. One day in 2009, a high school janitor was mopping the hallway in between classes when he heard a heavy scraping sound.
0:25.1	The janitor looked up and he saw a student slowly walking towards him.
0:28.8	The boy's grotesquely swollen right leg dragged along the floor and he walked with a dramatic limp.
0:34.4	The janitor smiled and waved at the boy as he approached.
0:37.7	After all, this boy was a familiar sight.
0:40.0	It took him so long to get between classes.
0:42.4	He would have to leave 10 minutes early just to make
0:44.5	it to his next one barely on time, and so the janitor saw him going through this routine
0:49.3	all the time.
0:51.5	Just then, the bell rang, and more students streamed into the hallway.
0:54.3	They jostled past the limping student knocking him off balance as a few kids
0:58.8	snickered at the boy. For three years the janitor had seen this happen every single day.
1:03.7	He wanted to yell at the kids to stop being bullies, but he knew that would only make things worse.
1:08.8	So instead he gave the young man a reassuring pat on the back as he hobbled by, and the janitor just hoped that whatever was wrong with this boy would clear up soon. History teaches, history defines, history defines, history sometimes repeats.
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