She wasn’t vaccinated against the flu and suffered a strange brain disease: “Vaccinate your children”

A four-year-old British girl fell into a coma after contracting a rare brain disorder called… Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE)a rare and serious neurological disease that causes inflammation and Brain damage as a result of viral infections. According to doctors, the family was caused by the disease fluagainst that of the minor was not vaccinated.

Gary Duniona 41-year-old man who lives in Corbya town in the county Northamptonshire, EnglandHe said he was “shocked” to learn the cause of his daughter’s illness was his Siena It was the flu. “The guilt we feel is like, ‘Oh my God, should we have vaccinated them?'” he said.

According to local media such as: Daily Mail And Mirror, Sienna’s symptoms began on November 16thas Gary and his wife angelina The 38-year-old surprised the four-year-old girl and her seven-year-old sister Ariana with tickets to a Christmas theme park.

“We gave our daughters the tickets and, to pretend they were from the North Pole, we put them in the freezer so they were very cold.” Sienna said: “Dad, I’m very cold, maybe it’s the North Pole.”. And we thought, ‘Maybe he’s just kidding,'” Gary said.

First the parents They thought it was a cold.which they treated with over-the-counter medication. But a few days later, on a Wednesday, the situation became critical when Gary came home and his wife told him that “something was wrong with Sienna.” The girl had lost consciousness and didn’t answer his mother.

At that moment, her daughter was taken from the emergency room to a hospital. There, doctors forced an induced coma as Sienna’s eyes rolled back and she stopped communicating. After a CT scan, Doctors found “a few abnormalities” in Sienna’s brain.

The girl was subsequently transferred to another hospital where she was diagnosed with ANE, a condition characterized by rapid neurological deterioration following fever. “It’s a total shock. I’ve never heard of it in my life,” they said It is a very, very rare but aggressive brain diseasetriggered by either the flu or Covid-19,” Gary explained.

As the doctors explain to the family, this disease produces an immune system reaction that does not recognize the danger, which allows The virus attaches itself to the brain and the spine instead of trying to fight it.

“I was a little weak and had a little fever, but He kept running, playing and having fun “Until she fell asleep in the afternoon and woke up and was completely different, which is beyond comprehension,” Gary said.

In addition to neurological involvement Sienna suffered serious complications. On November 22, doctors performed emergency surgery on him because of abnormally high levels of lactate, an organic compound produced by the body when it metabolizes glucose for energy.

The associated procedure Removal of 60 percent of your intestinesas the tissue was irreparably damaged. Sienna later had to have a second surgery to treat air buildup in her abdomen.

Sienna remains in a coma, with a prognosis of three to six months until she is discharged. In addition, he will require intensive rehabilitation. “They told us it was going to be a long road and that when Sienna woke up, she wouldn’t be the Sienna we knew.” Maybe I’ll run again, but maybe not.. “He could have lifelong disabilities,” Gary said.

Sienna’s family was formed a fundraiser on site Go and fund me to pay for her daughter’s treatment, including the possibility of sending her to a neurorehabilitation center, which costs about £8,000 a week, so more than $10,000.

“The most important message for me to parents is to get your children vaccinated against the flu“Explained Gary, who admitted to feeling guilty for not vaccinating his daughter. “We didn’t give it to her because we had heard terrible stories.” “There’s been a lot of concern about the COVID-19 vaccine and people are quite wary of what’s being given to their children and I think that’s certainly influenced us,” he said.