AMERCIUS - Mae Hollis went to a doctor on Jan. 11, 2000 after feeling numbness in her legs and feet so bad that she required help walking. She thought it was a bad cold. But, the doctor set up an appointment for her to a see a neurologist the next day. When she tried to get up the following day to make her appointment, she couldn't. "I just fell out of the bed, and haven't walked since," said the 49-year-old Hollis. Her condition deteriorated. Tests conducted led doctors to believe she either had AIDS, Lime Disease or was suffering from Guillian-Barre syndrome (GBS). "I heard of Lime disease, knew I didn't have that and never heard of Guilian-Barre syndrome - so I said I must have AIDS," Hollis said. But Hollis would discover she had Guillian- Barre, a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the nervous system. The first symptoms usually are weakness or tingling in the legs, commonly spreading upwards. "It worked its way up," she said. Hollis, who was left confined to a wheelchair, has undergone treatment for the condition. She still has feelings in her legs and she can move them - but only when sitting down. "If I'm standing up with assistance, it's like I don't know where my legs are," she said. The disease has been somewhat difficult for Hollis, who had always been an outgoing person. "When you a very outgoing person, being confined to a wheel chair is hard to deal with," Hollis said. And, when she learned of her disease in 2000, she still had two teenaged children to raise. "I had to teach my children how to cook, clean, and care for themselves while I was confined to a wheelchair. Hollis' children still take care of her somewhat, but they are not bound to me, this mother said, I try to make sure my condition doesn't confine them too. I want them to have as normal a life as possible. "I have to show them I am OK, this gives me the will to move forward," said Hollis, who enjoys reading, music, fishing and gambling.