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Victim of a brain-eating amoeba. Thirteen-year-old Tanner Lake Wall died in August after being attacked by Naegleria Fowleri, a rare parasite that inhabits Florida waters. However, only now have parents released the news to the local press, in order to raise a cry of alarm and prevent the same dramatic fate from affecting other people.
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The boy was camping and bathing in a lake when the parasite got into his nose. From that moment the ordeal began: headache, nausea and vomiting, then hospitalization, where the doctors thought of a common flu. However, the symptoms persisted, so Mom and Dad decided to have another diagnosis at Gainsville Hospital. Here’s the terrible report: primary amebic meningoencephalitis, for which there is currently no cure.
Tanner Wall’s parents said he was on a family vacation at a Florida campground with a water park and lake days before he got sick. https://t.co/14RZ2lMDtC
– News 6 WKMG (@ news6wkmg) September 9, 2020
Days of apprehension and pain followed, with the child on the respirator, until the painful decision: to disconnect and end the atrocious suffering. From that day on, another battle began, raising awareness in the community and an invitation to keep our guard up. “Even a dive can be fatal,” the still distraught father said. The brain-eating amoeba lives in lakes between July and September Last updated: 12:47
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