Federal health officials warned this week of a highly contagious cold-like virus that affects everyone, and leaves the elderly and young kids especially vulnerable — including a 14-month-old girl who landed in the intensive care unit.
New Orleans mom Mary Danna Daste and her husband, Kevin, rushed their daughter Vivian to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
The toddler had developed a troubling cough and high fever earlier this month, 4WWL reported.
“About 3 a.m., she started with this bark-like cough,” Daste told the network. “It sounded like a seal cough. At 5 a.m., her fever spiked to 103 degrees, so we went straight to Children’s Hospital [in New Orleans]. When they told me within 24 hours after that, that she was being put in ICU, that’s when I freaked out.”
Doctors told the parents that the tot also had pneumonia and adenovirus.
Ah yes, gene editing; what could possibly go wrong, except patients walking away for scientific monitoring?!?
The developers of this technology .... have some 'splaining to do!!