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Writing – Sam Ballard, the young paralyzed for a meningitis whose history has moved Australia, he is dead at 27, surrounded by family and friends.
The tragedy of the young rugby player began when his friends have challenged him eat one slug They found in their own garden, when they celebrated their 19th birthday in 2010.
Although this moment is not painful, the following days, he begins to experience severe leg pain. When he goes to the doctor, he is diagnosed with a brain infection caused by a parasite called Angiostrongylus Cantonensis, usually housed in Rat Stool
This parasite causes a disease called "eosinophilic meningoencephalitis" whose main symptoms are: severe headache, nausea, vomiting, convulsions and other neurological disorders.
The young man spent 420 days in a coma and followed paralyzed from neck to toe when he came out of the hospital three years later.
After eight years of suffering, the young man died on November 2nd, surrounded by family and friends.
The boy was able to say a few words to his mother, Katie Ballard: "I love you".
(With RT and DNA40 information)
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