13岁脑膜炎患者两个月打败致命病菌
卡利 哈丁
13岁原发性阿米巴脑膜脑炎
阿肯色州小石城 阿肯色州儿童医院
卡莉哈丁出现发烧症状，在当地游乐园度过了下午时光后，卡莉的母亲崔西感觉到情况不对。卡莉的温度不断上升，发烧到103华氏度时崔西带卡莉赶到急诊室，医生发现卡莉曾染上一种极为罕见的脑食细菌 -不同寻常的是在过去的五十年中128人只有两个活过来了。
卡莉在疾病控制中心接受一个新的抗阿米巴药物控制治疗。她的身体温度降低至93华氏度，用来保存完好的脑组织技术。 CMN医院捐赠她在儿童医院两个月的逗留期间支持卡莉通过运输，设施和研究，包括在重症监护病房22天。
崔西陪护着卡莉的每一步治疗，祈祷卡利能打败她的脑部感染的1％存活率。崔西已经战胜了乳腺癌，并告诉卡莉“争取像妈妈一样。”不可思议的是，仅仅两个月收缩致命的阿米巴后，卡莉回到了家，没有一丝的细菌在她的身体里。这张照片是卡利与她的母亲战斗并告别癌症几个星期后的特别留念。
Kali Hardig
AGE 13
PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS
ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, Little Rock, Ark.
When Kali Hardig developed a fever after spending the afternoon at a local swim park, Kali’s mom, Traci, sensed something wasn’t right. Kali’s temperature kept rising. At 103 degrees Traci rushed Kali to the emergency room where doctors discovered that Kali had contracted an extremely rare brain-eating bacteria — so unusual that only two of 128 people in the last fifty years had survived it.
Kali was treated with a new anti-ameba drug straight from the Centers for Disease Control. Her body temperature was lowered to 93 degrees, a technique used to preserve undamaged brain tissue. CMN Hospitals donations supported Kali through transport, facilities and research during her two-month stay at her children’s hospital, including 22 days in the intensive care unit.
Traci watched over Kali every step of the way, praying that Kali could beat the 1 percent survival rate of her brain infection. Traci, who had been battling breast cancer, told Kali to “fight like Mom does.” Miraculously, just two months after contracting the deadly ameba, Kali returned home with no trace of the bacteria in her system. This photo is particularly special for Kali as her mother lost her battle to cancer just weeks after it was taken.
原文：http://miraclesinfocus.childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/
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