00:00Bride Camila had a secret only four people knew about, and the groom wasn't one of them.
00:07When my dad was like, are you going to walk? Like, you're walking? And I said, yes.
00:13While pregnant, Camila began experiencing mysterious symptoms, facial drooping, and sudden weakness.
00:20Then, during a movie night at home, she collapsed.
00:23Doctors diagnosed her with transverse myelitis, a rare condition leaving her nonverbal and unable to move for over a month.
00:33But even while paralyzed from the hips down, Camila never gave up.
00:38I had a spinal cord damage from T2 to T10. I couldn't move anything.
00:43She gave birth to a healthy baby girl and began the grueling rehab journey.
00:48During that time, we were just, you know, transitioning, being, having two kids and being in a wheelchair.
00:55That was a bit of a challenge mentally and physically, preparing and determined that, you know, we can do that
01:01as a family.
01:02With her wedding just months away, inspiration struck.
01:05She saw a video of another wheelchair user walking down the aisle and became determined to surprise her fiancé, Jericus,
01:14at the altar.
01:15I was very determined and encouraged that I really wanted to do this.
01:19To keep the surprise, she did her first-look photos in her wheelchair.
01:24But when it was time to head to the altar...
01:27That was actually my first time out at all walking in a walker.
01:32If you can hear, like, the background, people were just like, oh, she's walking, or just, like, tears that you
01:37can hear on the background.
01:40Not least, Jericus.
02:00It's always good to celebrate the good and the bad wins.
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