Last year, a six-year-old Arkansas boy had to be put into a medically induced coma–after a tick bite gave him ehrlichiosis.

At that time, according to his mom, “He lost all motor skills, all function, he couldn’t speak.” He began to have daily seizures, some of which lasted for hours.

Now, a year later, young Aiden Debusk is doing much better.

Reporter Ashley Godwin of THV-11 News gives this update.