A girl with amoeba "eat the brain" is dead | Chronic

After being beaten for a week against an amoeba "eat brains" and remains in a vegetative state, the Texan girl who was admitted to a local hospital died, according to her family and school.

Lily Mae Before10 years old, swam in the Brazos River and Whitney Lake near Waco City during Labor Day weekend, he reported KWTX. After being transferred on September 8th to the Cook Children's Health System in Fort Worth, it was discovered that she had contracted Naegleria fowleri, a unicellular living organism commonly found in temperate freshwater, such as lakes. and the rivers. , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Valley Mills Elementary School, where Lily was in her fifth year, confirmed her death Monday at Facebook, saying that the school district "He is deeply saddened by the loss of Lily Avant. Lily was an absolute blessing for our elementary school. She was an exceptional student, but more importantly, Lily was an amazing person and a friend of all. " "She touched and will continue to touch lives across the country" He wrote the school.

An administrator of the #LilyStrong Facebook page, a family support group, wrote in a message: "Our beautiful daughter is completely healed and in the arms of Jesus."

Meanwhile, Cook's health care system declined to comment when Lily's death was reported, as the hospital did not receive her parents' consent, the hospital spokeswoman said: Kim Brown

It is known that the amoeba Naegleria fowleri enters the body through the nose, travels to the brain and destroys brain tissue, according to the CDC. Between 2009 and 2018, 34 cases of Naegleria fowleri infection were reported in the United States, the CDC said, and of the 145 known cases between 1962 and 2018, only four people survived.