REPORT: Flu leaves a 4-year-old girl blind
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(CNN) — A 4-year-old girl in Iowa nearly died and is now blind because of the flu, and her parents have a message: Get your child vaccinated.
“If I can stop one child from getting sick, that’s what I want to do,” said Amanda Phillips. “It’s terrible to see your child suffer like this.”
The article goes on to state the following:
Jade DeLucia, who did not receive a flu shot this season, caught the flu a few days before Christmas and spent nearly two weeks in the intensive care unit at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.
“She is lucky to be alive,” one of her physicians, Dr. Theresa Czech, said. “She’s a little fighter. And I think she’s super lucky.”
WARNING #Parents:
“#Flu leaves a 4-year-old girl #blind in Iowa” due to brain damage. Jade DeLucia “might also have cognitive or developmental problems” due to the flu. https://t.co/KVTbS7pyyH
In 3-6 months, family will learn if little Jade will get her sight back.
— Sharon Carbine (@SharonCarbine) January 11, 2020
Jade DeLucia, who did not receive a flu shot this season, caught the flu a few days before Christmas and spent nearly two weeks in the intensive care unit at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.https://t.co/EFZ4sw2SLg
— FOX5 Las Vegas (@FOX5Vegas) January 11, 2020
🤒 THE FLU IS NOT A JOKE 🤧 “It was touch and go. She just couldn’t breathe. The flu had built up in her lungs. Her brain had swelled,” said Jade Delucia’s grandma, Courtney Frey. https://t.co/xMFTccsZtB
— Eyewitness News WTVO/WQRF (@MyStateline) January 9, 2020
An Iowa family knows all too well how dangerous the flu can be after the virus left their 4-year-old daughter fighting for her life and suffering from extensive brain damage.
Christmas is still on hold for 4-year-old Jade Delucia and her family. The… https://t.co/VAjiDmhoVm
— WHSVnews (@WHSVnews) January 9, 2020
Little Jade DeLucia is fighting for her life after doctors found the Influenza B virus has infected her brain https://t.co/KYaW5E3czP
— News 4 San Antonio (@News4SA) January 9, 2020
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