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    GAYLORD GAUNTLET: After enduring a real gauntlet, Wallingford’s Greg Whitehouse is ready for the fun one

    Record Journal
    June 24, 2021 05:00AM
    By Sean Krofssik, Record-Journal staff

    WALLINGFORD — Greg Whitehouse has endured a lot in the last seven months. 

    The Wallingford resident contracted COVID-19 in November, just days before his 61st birthday.

    While in quarantine, he discovered he also had Guillain-Barre syndrome, an illness in which the body’s immune system attacks the nerves.

    It can rapidly bring on paralysis. In a matter of days, Whitehouse was paralyzed from the shoulders down.

    Now, seven months later, Whitehouse is expected to make a full recovery.

    He will also be one of the featured athletes this Saturday in the annual Gaylord Gauntlet on the campus of Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, where he was treated.