Frisco 9-month-old baby survives near-death experience with flu: ‘His heart stopped’

The Brief

  • Frisco parents, Courtney and Scott Ash, are recounting their son’s near-death experience with the flu.
  • After a brief stint in the hospital for the flu, 9-month-old Avery Ash was discharged. But Courtney trusted her instincts and took her son back.
  • Avery was admitted into the ER and was intubated. He stopped breathing and was revived 15 minutes later. After several days in the hospital, he was treated and released.
  • The Ashes hope others can learn to trust their instincts when it comes to a loved one’s health.

FRISCO, Texas Flu cases are still on the rise, and the rate of hospitalizations is higher even than the 2016 and 2011 flu seasons, according to the CDC.

A Frisco 9-month-old baby recently survived a near-death experience with the flu.

His experience with the flu led him to have a cardiac arrest and stop breathing. Thankfully, he was at the hospital, where he was revived after 15 long minutes.

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