Jade DeLucia, 4, is blind after getting the flu. She didn't get the flu vaccine this year and now her mom is sharing Jade's story to raise awareness.
A 4-year-old has gone blind after getting the flu. The little girl, Jade DeLucia, hadn’t received the flu vaccine this year, and now her mom is sharing Jade's story to raise awareness, with the aim of saving other families from a similar fate.
Thankfully, Phillips and her husband did see their daughter again, but the prognosis wasn’t good. Phillips was told Jade had suffered “significant brain damage” and was diagnosed with acute necrotizing encephalopathy — a swelling of the brain caused by the flu virus, which can be severe and, in many cases, fatal.
"She is lucky to be alive," Theresa Czech, MD, Jade's neurologist at the University of Iowa, told CNN."She's a little fighter. And I think she's super lucky." It’s not known whether Jade will get her vision back."In about three to six months from now we'll know," the pediatric neurologist told CNN. “Whatever recovery she has at six months, that's likely all she's going to get."
Milstone adds, “On rare occasions, the influenza virus can be deadly, so parents should check in with their child’s doctor if they are concerned about their child’s symptoms.”
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