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  • GA: Flu lands 17-year-old in the ICU with kidney failure

    Source: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/flu...kidney-failure

    Flu lands 17-year-old in the ICU with kidney failure
    By Beth Galvin
    Published 9 mins ago
    FOX 5 Atlanta

    ATLANTA - John Chelcy, 17, had never spent a single night in a hospital, until the day after Christmas.

    That is when the Troup County High School senior was hit by the kind of pain and fatigue he's never felt in his life.

    "I couldn't move by myself; I needed help," Chelcy says. "I couldn't walk. I couldn't put on my clothes."

    LaToya Chelcy says her son, always healthy, seemed to be getting sicker by the hour.

    They rushed to an urgent care near their LaGrange, Georgia, home.

    Then, they rushed to the emergency room...
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