Brain Eating Amoeba Kills 9-Yr Old Water Skier

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Life is short and tragedy can strike at any moment.  When it strikes your children it can be especially soul crushing as is the case of the 9-year old Kansas girl who died because of enjoying what she loved most: the water.

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From Newser:

A 9-year-old girl’s love of the water ended up sadly dooming her in what her family calls a “one in a billion” occurrence. Hally “Bug” Yust of Spring Hill, Kan., died after contracting an infection commonly known as brain-eating amoeba, reports the Kansas City Star. The infection generally occurs in freshwater during warm weather, and Hally had been skiing on four different bodies of water in recent weeks. The exact source of the infection can’t be determined as a result, but the best guess is that water went up her nose while she was skiing, and the amoeba traveled to her brain, reports KCTV5.

State officials says the odds aren’t quite one-in-a-billion, but the infection formally known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis is relatively rare: It cites 132 cases in the US from 1962 to 2013, mostly in southern states and nearly always fatal. Citing those long odds, Hally’s parents said their daughter loved the water, and “we hope you will not live in fear of this rare infection that took our daughter’s life.”

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Rachael
9 years ago

How horrible. Those poor parents. It makes me want to tell my children to stay out of the water and they’re grown!!!

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