Christian's mother, Amber Strickland, said he had been dunked in an unidentified body of water during a fishing camp he attended the week before he died. She told the Times-Dispatch she believes that is when he took in the contaminated water.
Date: Aug 17, 2011
Category: Health
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Killer Brain-Eating Amoeba Is a Parent's Summer Nightmare
"He went from playing video games to being brain dead," the boy's mother, Amber Strickland, told the New York Daily News. It's heartbreaking to think that as children across the country gear up to go back to school, he won't be able to do the same, all because he got some water up his nose. And it's
Date: Aug 17, 2011
Category: Health
Source: Google
Deadly 'Brain-Eating' Amoeba Parasite Takes Second Child Victim
Officials at the camp said its impossible to determine where he contracted the amoeba, but according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, his mother, Amber Strickland, thinks he took in the fatal water when he was dunked on the first day of camp.
The victim's mother, Amber Strickland, said he attended a camp run by the Richmond-based Virginia Fishing Adventures the week before he died and had been dunked the first day of camp. She believes that's when he took in the fatal, contaminated water.
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