How to protect your child from E. coli in lake water

A summer day at the lake turned into a medical nightmare for the Faircloth family after their 2-year-old daughter, Elisabeth, contracted a rare and serious illness linked to E. coli exposure.

Elisabeth Faircloth has been hospitalized since June 6 after doctors say she was infected with a shiga-toxin producing strain of E. coli. Her condition has since developed into hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious complication that affects the kidneys.

“She’s still in the hospital fighting complications from the illness,” the family shared. Elisabeth was recently transferred from St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa to OU Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, where she remains under intensive care. Her parents say they do not expect to bring her home anytime soon…

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