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 THAT’S 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 COULDN’T 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. THAT’S. 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 IT’S SUCH A …