Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20181128:01:45:00
Cold, but lead to polio-like symptoms like paralysis and trouble breathing. 8-year-old tahi toya first had a sinus infection, then lost strength in his left arm. >> tahi had a droopy face, he lost his core strength, so he was unable to sit up without assistance. >> reporter: there's no cure for afm, and half of patients don't fully recover. but tahi tonight is getting stronger after a cutting edge surgery that moved healthy nerves from his rib to his arm. >> microsurgically, what we're doing is disconnecting a nerve from one muscle and tunneling it to a new target. >> reporter: and david, the ...