So rare, I've never heard of it

Wegener's Granulomatosis. I'm glad I'm spelling it and not trying to pronounce it again. It's a disease that affects 1 in 30,000 people. Odds are, you and I will never have to deal with it. The disease inflames many tissues in the body, including blood vessels, which is what happened to 26 year old Jason Stricklin. He had a hard time shaking a sore throat and painful ear infection. It became so bad he went to the doctor, they ran a few tests and discovered he had WG. As you might imagine, it's not the first thing doctors look for. 1 in 30,000 means doctors look at many other things before they figure out it's WG. It's way down the list. Nobody comes in with an ear infection and is immediately diagnosed with WG. Anyway, Jason is doing well now, but he spent almost two months in and out of the hospital, near death. Doctors say he's very lucky to be alive. Odds are, he feels the same way.