This article is a very well-written account of the experience of two kids who nearly died of undiagnosed Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. And about the author's new book, "Bitten".
"Without treatment, death can occur within eight days of symptom onset. The rash that gives it its name — the spotted fever — is absent in up to 60 percent of cases in the early stages, which means doctors looking for it will often miss it entirely.
My brother and I had spots. We were lucky in that particular way, even as we were running out of time in every other."
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