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A 16-year-old from Ohio died of the flu in late December
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Ryleigh Spurlock’s heartbroken family react to teen’s death, saying ‘it doesn’t make any sense’
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Riley did not get a flu shot before his death
An Ohio teen dies from the flu.
Ryleigh Spurlock, 16, went to the doctor on Dec. 23 with “common flu symptoms,” but her condition quickly worsened and she died at the hospital on Dec. 28, Cleveland 19 News reported, citing Greene County officials.
“Her temperature went from 98.5 to 105, she had sepsis, she had double pneumonia, all within 24 hours, all from the flu, it didn’t make sense,” Riley’s stepmother, Brittney, told the outlet.
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Riley Spurlock.
Reilly’s family told 19Cleveland that Reilly was pronounced brain dead within hours of arriving at the hospital.
“She had no pulse for 50 minutes. They were doing chest compressions, but she was brain dead,” Brittany said of Riley.
According to 19Cleveland, the 16-year-old girl did not receive a flu shot before her death.
Ryleigh’s sister, Kyleigh, recalled the teen’s symptoms to 19Cleveland, saying she was “coughing and choking on her own blood.”
When Riley arrived at the hospital, Kelly told the outlet, doctors said “she was going to get worse before she got better.”
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that there have been more than 7 million flu cases this season, with an estimated 81,000 hospitalizations and 3,100 deaths.
PEOPLE has reached out to Greene County officials for comment.
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