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Girl Seems ‘Possessed By The Devil’ After Taking Flu Medicine
The flu season is particularly brutal, especially in the United States.
Records on cases of the flu during these times have been kept for about 13 years, and according to the data collected, this year’s topped the charts as the most widespread flu season in those 13 years.
This flu season has also been particularly deadly. Health officials state that more fatalities have occurred in children than typically expected, even at early parts of the season.
It’s essentially the absolute worst it has been since the incredibly fatal swine flu pandemic back in 2009…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>
But one case of the flu this season definitely tops the rest in terms of frightening nature, bizarreness, and horror movie resemblance.
It’s one involving a young girl who almost seemed to be possessed after receiving treatment.
Lindsay Ellis, just 11 years old, was taken by her father Charles Ellis to a nearby clinic in Beech Grove, Indiana when she developed a very high fever.
The diagnosis was fairly quick to make – Lindsay simply had the flu, and it wasn’t too serious.
She was written a prescription for the appropriate medications and went on her way.
But within just a few days, Lindsay began to have side effects that were beyond scary – they were downright petrifying.
Her father, Charles, didn’t know what to think. His daughter was acting like she was possessed.
She was experiencing severe hallucinations, and she couldn’t eat or speak. In fact, she could barely even move.
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Lindsay was also hearing voices that she believed were from the devil himself. She also felt a sensation like insects crawling all over her, and she attempted to hurt herself multiple times.
Needless to say, this seemed like something out of those Exorcism movies, and Lindsay had to be rushed back to a hospital.
Lindsay had to be kept at a hospital for a shocking three months before doctors realized what was wrong.
The 11-year-old had experienced a severe adverse reaction to the medication she took for her flu, called Tamiflu.
Also known as Oseltamivir, this antiviral medicine is given to individuals at high risk of severe complications from influenza A and influenza B, as Lindsay was when she had her fever.
As a loving father, Charles suffered every day, not knowing whether his daughter would make it through another night.
Thankfully, she is now out of the woods and doing much better. She still gets nervous episodes and experiences tremors and shakes, but she’s definitely recovering well.
Complications of this variety from the Tamiflu medication are extremely rare – so much so that no doctors will ever see it happen.
But Charles found out that in Texas, another young girl had also experienced a similar issue after taking Tamiflu.
Now, he seeks to spread a message to parents and other people in general – don’t take the medication, if you can help it.
Meanwhile, the manufacturer of the medication released a statement that explained they have received some reports of neuropsychiatric side effects on patients who take Tamiflu, and that they investigate each report.
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Mother left everyone in disbelief after they heard her excuse why she left her baby alone with pit bull only for the dog to chew on the child’s hands and leave her without 5 fingers!
Ellis Artist of Clayton, West Yorkshire was living a normal, 6-year-old life when everything went downhill.
One night, Ellis woke up in pain and screaming to his parents, 37-year-old Paul Artist and 34-year-old Sarah Girdwood.
His head and neck were in tremendous pain and he began to vomit profusely.
This all happened after a minor illness, which he seems to recover quickly from earlier that day.
Ellis’ parents rushed him to a nearby hospital, and a rash started to develop.
First, doctors thought it was meningitis, but antibiotics didn’t help and Ellis was mumbling and moaning in his sleep, unable to wake up…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>
Doctors then performed an MRI scan.
The resulting diagnosis was shocking and horrifying: acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, or ADEM.
This extremely rare condition causes brain swelling, and Ellis now has repeated seizures as a result.
ADEM is a little-understood disease that can begin from even a small infection.
It causes negative reactions to the white matter of the brain, which then affects the body’s immune system.
The result is a severe allergic reaction that involves attacking the immune system and the eroding of nerves’ protective layers.
This condition tends to affect different people in different ways, meaning it is usually impossible for doctors to provide an accurate prognosis – as is the case with Ellis.
75% of those who develop AEDM are able to recover fully, but the remainder may develop significant impairments and disabilities as a result. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
It is unsure whether Ellis will recover, how severe his condition is, or if he will have any long-term effects from it.
After the AEDM diagnosis, Ellis was placed in a medically-induced coma and rushed to the Leeds General Infirmary.
A week later, another scan revealed that the swelling was no longer just in Ellis’ brain – it was beginning to make its way down his spine.
He was also having mini-seizures due to the brain swelling. But it’s not all bad news – after a while of being on a ventilator, Ellis is able to breathe on his own again.
The Sick Children’s Trust has put up Ellis’ family, including his three brothers, the youngest of which still doesn’t know what is really happening to Ellis.
Ellis, meanwhile, is still in a coma with his parents by his bedside as he receives the 24/7 care that he needs.
It is still unknown whether Ellis will recover fully or not, but doctors are doing everything they can to provide information to his worried family.
It’s expected that Ellis will be at the hospital for at least a couple of months, and will then need constant care at home once he is able to leave.
In order to ease the financial strain, family and friends, as well as Ellis’ school Clayton St John CE Primary School, have been working hard to raise funds for the family.
Ellis is a strong, tough boy and everyone is rooting for him and hoping for his recovery.
A fundraiser for the family with a £5,000 target goal has been set up, and around 92% of funds have been raised at the time of writing.
If you’d like to donate to the cause, you can do so at their JustGiving page.
Losing a child can be a devastating event, no matter what age.It is, however, universally agreed upon that it is worse when the child is lost at such a young age.
Sadly, this sort of early death is expected for some families, due to the circumstances that their child is involved in.
Despite the advancement of modern medicine, there are still plenty of children who suffer from severe health problems from either a young age or even from birth. These children are often predicted to not survive very long.
In a way, their passing can be considered them finally having rest and relief from their life, which has been an uphill battle all the way…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>
Most of these children and their families, however, find themselves with plenty to live for.
They fight, they strive, and they try to use everything at their disposal to push forward and see another day.
Alas, this is a war, and sometimes, the inevitable happens.
In the case of North Carolinian Chelsea Banton, she wasn’t expected to see her third day.
A premature baby born five weeks early, Chelsea had a major problem – she had to deal with excessive fluids creating pressure against her brain.
The doctors gave her at most 36 hours to live.
However, the baby girl would defy all odds, and would live to grow up.
Her life, however, did not get any easier after that first major hurdle.
The girl would spend the following 14 years of her short life fighting against one health problem after another.
Infections, life-threatening viruses, fluid retention, shunt revisions, hydrocephalus – you named it, she suffered it at some point.
In the fall of 2008, Chelsea was struck by yet another round of advanced pneumonia, which had developed from a bad cold she caught. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
This latest bout of illness seemed to be the last one she could handle – the girl was forced to stay in the hospital for seven weeks, completely dependant on life support.
It was at this point that Colleen Banton, her mother, was forced to make a heartbreaking decision.
In the interest of not prolonging her daughter’s suffering, she opted to keep the ventilator off the next time her daughter was strong enough to breathe on her own.
It was essentially plugging the plug for the girl – by this point, Colleen had decided that should her daughter’s time had come, then there was no use in delaying the inevitable.
While praying with friends and family who had come out to support this mother, Colleen was suddenly called over to a nearby monitor by the pediatrician nurse.
There, her attention was directed to the bright light that had appeared in front of the door to the pediatrician unit.
Astonished, Colleen took a quick photo of it with her camera, then went to check this strange light in person.
Oddly enough, it wasn’t there physically.
A miracle occurred shortly thereafter – three days later, Chelsea was well enough to return home once again.
Colleen is convinced that the figure was an angel who helped her daughter.
Chelsea would then go on to live for another 7 more years before passing away in 2015, at the age of 21.
Her story is one for the ages!
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