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Laffy Kat

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6. I'm so sorry. I do know A LOT about GBS.

Reply to katsy (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 01:32 PM

Apr 2016

My brother-in-law had it in 1995. He was 26, healthy as an ox, never sick. Then he got GBS. He was in the hospital for six weeks. Of course, he got very sick very fast and never got on the other side of it. As you know, the sooner you have to go on a ventilator the worse the outcome. Usually, for someone that young and healthy the mortality rate is <3%. He was just so damn unlucky.

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Brazilian scientists find new Zika-linked brain disorder in adults [View all] WhiteTara Apr 2016 OP

This is scary. nt Laffy Kat Apr 2016 #1

You have no idea.... katsy Apr 2016 #2

Wow, I'm sorry you have this terrible disease WhiteTara Apr 2016 #5

Ty😘 Ty😘 Ty😘 katsy Apr 2016 #7

I'm so sorry. I do know A LOT about GBS. Laffy Kat Apr 2016 #6

I'm so so sorry for you and your family katsy Apr 2016 #8

Don't give up hope about a near-complete recovery. Laffy Kat Apr 2016 #9

good thing that Republicans are refusing to waste money on research... Human101948 Apr 2016 #3

I wonder if we will know if they have brain damage WhiteTara Apr 2016 #4

This has always been considered a minor illness in Africa, where it was discovered in 1947 Warpy Apr 2016 #10

I wonder if happens in adulthood, the consequences are WhiteTara Apr 2016 #11

That could be true, also Warpy Apr 2016 #12

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