Elica
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She was doing emergency dialysis in the PICU and had only 20 minutes left when she coded…
Edward
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In the summer of 1975 I was eagerly awaiting the birth of our first child…
Dalton
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How do you put into words the helplessness you feel … as doctors jump over yet another hurdle?
Charlotte
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Her pediatric rheumatologist said to take her to the doctor as soon as we could…
Chance
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I didn’t realize that E. coli was still out there – in recent years I had heard so little about it that I thought we were safe.
Carolyn
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Carolyn was my beloved grandmother, who laughed, lived, and loved for God.
Bill
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I’d much rather fly upside down at 170 miles per hour than eat food that’s possibly contaminated …
Ashley / Austin / Daniel
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All three of our kids had E. coli O157 H:7
Ashley
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After he checked me out, he sent me over to the hospital. He knew that it wasn’t the flu, but he wasn’t sure what it was.
Anne
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About four years ago, at the age of thirteen, I contracted E. coli O157:H7. The toxins spread to four of my major organs: my heart, brain, pancreas, and my kidneys. All in all, I was in the hospital for one month. Two weeks of which were spent in ICU. After leaving the hospital I still had another […]
Ana
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Ana came into this world an as an unexpected gift to our family.
Aly
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Now we know it’s more serious. This time we took her to the emergency room. They also see how serious it is. Aly was admitted to intensive care at the hospital.