Flu Blinds Unvaccinated 4-Year-Old and Her Parents Want Others To Know Their Mistake
"She'd say, 'Mom, I don't feel good,' and we'd cuddle on the couch," Phillips remembered. Then came a low-grade fever, which the mom treated with medication. "She was running around, having fun, eating normally, asking for snacks," the mom recalled."It was just -- it's a little bug, she'll get over it.There wasn't any sign that would've told me that something was seriously wrong with her.
When they finally arrived at Covenant Medical Center, Jade's body began shaking uncontrollably -- she was having a seizure. For a while, it seemed like Phillips' first instinct was right. On Christmas Day, the family learned that Jade's flu had infected her brain -- a rare complication of the virus known as encephalopathy.
For the next few days, Jade was unresponsive, but on December 31, her parents were finally given some answers. A pediatric neurologist diagnosed Jade with acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or ANE, a type of encephalopathy usually caused by a viral infection. It was the beginning of Jade's recovery. Doctors took out her breathing tube, and slowly but surely, she was able to sit up, eat, and request chocolate pudding.
One of the first things Jade did when she returned home was to touch her sister's face, her mom shared. Then she pulled her close and cried.
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