Miraculous Survivor

Kali Hardig

Opinion-

    With the fatality rate of the Naeglearia fowleri parasite being close to 99%, it truly is nothing short of a miracle that Kali Hardig has out fought the brain-eating amoeba, won the battle and has now almost finalized her stage of recovery. With 128 reported cases of the specific parasite within the past 50 years, only 2 people have survived. I believe that Kali will never understand nor comprehend how tremendous her escape from death was.
    The owners of the water park said they are going to treat the water, to kill any parasites living in the water and hopefully prevent such a scenario from occurring again. They are also changing the sandy bottom to something more solid. These changes were something that should be done to all bodies of water similar to that of the water park, but especially at the spot of the incidident.
    Another 12 year old boy contracted the parasite around the same time as Kali but his case become uncontrollable and sadly he passed away a few weeks ago. Once doctors and scientists are more familiar with the amoeba and more cases arise, I believe the fatality rate with decrease but until then, one should be aware of the harsh symptoms that follow (fever, headache, stiff neck, vomiting) and get the the doctors ASAP because time is the killer.