He walked to the bus stop that morning, but by the time the he got to school a 16-year-old Falcon High School student could barely walk off the bus. Within a matter of minutes, he became paralyzed from his chest down.

Dustin Bratrsovsky is plagued by a rare disorder that affects only about 30-thousand Americans and few recover, but Dustin is determined to beat the odds.

For the past three months he’s has been confined to a wheelchair, paralyzed from the chest down.

"The hardest thing for me is not seeing him as active as he used to be," said his mom, Amanda.

It was on the bus back in August, where Dustin's life changed forever.

"I felt like my right leg was falling asleep, when I got to school and I went to get off the bus my right leg wouldn't work,” he said.

Amanda recalls that day vividly.

"He called and he was crying and he was upset and he said he couldn't feel his leg, by the time I got there he couldn't feel anything from his chest down," she said.

Dustin was rushed to Memorial Hospital. He spent nearly a week in pediatric ICU while doctors tried to figure out what was wrong.

"I was pretty scared," he said.

He was eventually diagnosed with a neurological disorder called Transverse Myelitis.

"My immune system attacked my spine between my T2 and T4 areas on my spine," said Dustin.

There is no cure, but with daily rehab, there's a chance Dustin could walk again, a third of patients suffering from the disorder make a full recovery.

"He has every faith that he will walk again," said Amanda.

And in the meantime, Dustin is doing everything he can to get his life back to normal. He returned to school at the beginning of October. And even though he rides a different bus now, he's determined to show his friends and classmates just how strong he is.

Researchers are uncertain of the exact causes of Transverse Myelitis. Dustin has already re-gained some feeling back in his left leg, which has brought some hope to him and his family.

A fund has been set up for Dustin at Colorado National Bank. It’s called “Dustin’s Account.”