Baby taken to Portland with E. coli complication.Byline: The Register-Guard It was the news that Leslie and Donald Johnson of Eugene, parents of three youngsters stricken with a nasty strain of E. coli E. coli: see Escherichia coli. E. coli in full Escherichia coli Species of bacterium that inhabits the stomach and intestines. E. coli can be transmitted by water, milk, food, or flies and other insects. bacteria at last month's Lane County Fair The Lane County Fair is an annual celebration held in Eugene, Oregon every August featuring food, music and other entertainment. It is held at the Lane County Fairgrounds. , were dreading. While their two oldest children are doing much better, their youngest, 14-month-old Sophia, was admitted to Doernbecher Children's Hospital Doernbecher Children's Hospital is a children's hospital located in Portland, Oregon, and associated with Oregon Health & Science University. The first full-service children's hospital in the Pacific Northwest, Doernbecher provides full-spectrum pediatric care. in Portland on Sunday after being diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome hemolytic uremic syndrome n. A syndrome in which hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia occur with acute renal failure, marked in children by sudden gastrointestinal bleeding, urine that contains red blood cells and is scanty in volume, and , or HUS. The potentially fatal complication causes kidney failure and sometimes requires dialysis and transfusions. "We're just hoping she doesn't have to be put on dialysis," Leslie Johnson said Sunday evening. Johnson, a nurse, said doctors in Portland said Sophia may have to stay there for up to two weeks. Sophia had earlier spent one night at Sacred Heart Medical Center Sacred Heart Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
More than 50 people were infected at last month's county fair, and at least eight children were hospitalized for treatment of HUS. Johnson said she's suffered no symptoms despite lab tests that show that she, too, contracted the disease. Her husband, still awaiting lab tests, has suffered minor symptoms, she said. |
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