This Little Girl Is Fighting Salmonella After Most Likely Getting It From Eating A Slice Of Lime
Springdale, Arkansas. Juniper Spann is a 20-month-old little girl from Arkansas, and her family affectionately calls her “Juni.”
Last Monday, Juniper’s family rushed her to a local children’s hospital after she was displaying some worrying symptoms.
Juniper wasn’t drinking or eating, and she had a very high fever as well. Doctors at the children’s hospital quickly figured out that Juniper was suffering from salmonella.
“This is not the easiest fix and there’s risk of sepsis,” Shasta Neisler, a friend of the Spann family, explained on a GoFundMe page.
“She has started antibiotics. And now she needs them and her little body to fight. She needs to have 2 negative salmonella tests.”
“But it doesn’t end there. She will be in the hospital for a minimum of 7 days after her final negative test.”
Shasta then went on to describe Juniper as a sweet little girl with a zest for life. Juniper loves to climb things and ride on her scooter.
GoFundMe; pictured above is Juniper
She is very close to her biggest sister Eleanor, whom Shasta says misses her now that she has to stay in the hospital.
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Just a few weeks ago, the CDC announced that a salmonella outbreak was sweeping across 35 states and it currently has ended up with 66 people being hospitalized.
The outbreak impacted 8 people in Arkansas, and as for how little Juniper came down with it? Her mom Dana thinks it may have to do with her eating a slice of lime.
Speaking to 5NEWS, Juniper’s mom said that shortly before Juniper was hospitalized, she cut up a lime at home and let Juniper sample a piece of it.
Juniper’s mom just had ACL surgery done, and is still in the middle of recovering from it, so it’s been difficult for Juniper’s family to now deal with her hospitalization on top of that.
If you would like to donate to the GoFundMe page set up to help out Juniper’s family with her hospital bills, you can do that here.
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