In 2010, 19-year-old Sam Ballard, an Australian rugby player from Sydney, accepted a dare from friends to swallow a live garden slug. The slug carried rat lungworm, a parasite that can trigger a severe brain infection called eosinophilic meningoencephalitis. Days later, Sam developed debilitating symptoms and was hospitalized. He fell into a coma lasting more than a year, and upon waking, was left permanently paralyzed with severe brain damage. After eight years of struggling with his condition,

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