Mass. woman shares EEE survival story, lingering effects years later [Video]

LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES. THESE ARE TWO OF MY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN 1962, SHIRLEY BARLOW WAS LIVING IN MILTON, NEAR A HORSE RANCH. AND SHE SAYS THATS PROBABLY HOW SHE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A MOSQUITO CARRYING A VIRUS. THAT LITTLE STINKING MOSQUITO BIT THE HORSE. GOT ME FOR THREE DAYS. BARLOW COULDNT GET OUT OF BED. THEN, WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 104, HER MOTHER TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE DOCTORS SAID SHE HAD EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS THAT WAS CAUSING HER BRAIN TO SWELL AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. PEOPLE WERE COMING AND SAYING GOODBYE TO ME. THATS. YEAH, BECAUSE THEIR LAST GOODBYES. THERE WAS NO YEAH, THERE WAS REALLY NO HOPE FOR ME. THERE IS A VACCINE TO PROTECT HORSES AGAINST TRIPLE E, BUT NONE HAS EVER BEEN APPROVED FOR HUMANS. SAME GOES FOR ANTIVIRAL MEDICATIONS. PART OF THE PROBLEM AGAIN, IS BECAUSE ITS SUCH A RARE INFECTION, WHICH IS FORTUNATE WE DONT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO TEST ANTIVIRALS. EVERYONE SURPRISED A FEW MONTHS AFTER BARLOW GOT SICK, SHE GOT WELL ENOUGH TO GET MARRIED. SHE WENT ON TO RAISE TWO SONS AND TRAVEL THE WORLD, BUT STILL TAKES MEDICATION FOR HEADACHES. STARTS IN THE BACK. AND ITS LIKE YOU CANT SEE. ALMOST MAKES YOU BLIND. AND BARLOW CONTINUES TO WARN EVERYONE SHE CAN ABOUT THE DANGERS OF TRIPLE E. SO WHEN I SEE THESE THINGS, THE TRIPLE E AND OXFORD NOT FAR FROM US, I HAVE MY FAMILY LIVING THERE AND I TELL THEM, DONT GET OUT. SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT CATCHING TRIPLE E MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE IMMUNE TO THE DISEASE. FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, BUT SHIRLEY BARLOW IS NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES. SHE US

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