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Mom who nearly lost her child to rat lungworm disease calls for more education, awareness
By Jim Mendoza
Published: Dec. 26, 2023 at 7:10 PM EST|Updated: 6 hours ago
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Not that long ago, Emily Faith Kubowski thought she would lose her little daughter, Elowen, to the ravages of rat lungworm disease.
All signs from physicians pointed in that direction.
“They were pretty sure she might never use her legs again or smile. And now she’s like a miracle,” Kubowski said.
She and her partner and their child live in Puna on the Big Island, Hawaii’s ground zero for the parasitic infection that affects the brain and spinal cord.
How Elowen contracted the illness is still a mystery....
Mom who nearly lost her child to rat lungworm disease calls for more education, awareness
By Jim Mendoza
Published: Dec. 26, 2023 at 7:10 PM EST|Updated: 6 hours ago
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Not that long ago, Emily Faith Kubowski thought she would lose her little daughter, Elowen, to the ravages of rat lungworm disease.
All signs from physicians pointed in that direction.
“They were pretty sure she might never use her legs again or smile. And now she’s like a miracle,” Kubowski said.
She and her partner and their child live in Puna on the Big Island, Hawaii’s ground zero for the parasitic infection that affects the brain and spinal cord.
How Elowen contracted the illness is still a mystery....