HOPE IS FOUND: Paralyzed man regains movement in his legs after experimental electric treatment

Calven Goza, paralyzed by car accident, moves his legs once again after voltage science experiment.

Calven Goza was left paralyzed below the chest after an accident with a drunken driver. For two and half years, Goza tried, with everything in him, to move his legs, according to CNN.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) Each day he hoped it would be different, but every day was the same. He could not move his legs.

However, when Goza entered the laboratory at the University of Louisville on December 5, 2014, his wish became a reality.

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Goza was selected to be "one of the first study subjects to receive a new therapy designed to help paralyzed people move their legs again," according to CNN.

With wires up and down his legs, and implanted electrodes in his spine, Goza received electric jolts directly to his spine.

For two hours this process continued.

On Goza's toe was a string and a ring. The experiment was designed to get him to pull the string with his toe.

However, no matter how hard Goza tried, he could not get his toe to move.

Susan Harkema, a neuroscientist and lead researcher on the project, asked Goza if he thought a little more voltage may help.

Agreeing, Goza was hit with an amped up amount of voltage.

His toe moved!

After the doctors changed the configuration of the voltage again, the unthinkable happened, Goza bent his knee and began lifting his leg off the table.

"It was pretty awesome," Goza said to CNN. "I questioned it at first: Maybe it didn't actually happen, and I was just hoping it did."

Although doctors don't expect Goza to be able to walk again, the hope remains and Goza has gained a piece of his life back regardless.

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Other paralyzed men, who underwent the electric therapy, have gained the control of their bowels and bladders back.

Later this year, the researchers plan to test this exciting treatment on seven more paralyzed patients, according to CNN.

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