‘Super healthy’ teen fights kidney failure after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders in weeks leading up to deadly E. coli outbreak

A Colorado teen was hospitalized for kidney nonaccomplishment aft allegedly chowing down connected a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder pinch food successful nan weeks starring up to nan fast nutrient chain’s deadly E.coli outbreak.

Kamberlyn Bowler, 15, a freshman and softball subordinate astatine Grand Junction High School, had a cleanable measure of wellness until mid-October, erstwhile she started exhibiting flu-like symptoms, including a precocious fever and tummy pain, according to NBC News.

“We some benignant of thought I conscionable had a fever, for illustration conscionable nan flu aliases thing — a tummy bug,” Bowler told nan outlet.

“But past I started throwing up, having diarrhea, and it was bloody, truthful it frightened me.”

Her section expert believed it could beryllium her appendix and recommended she beryllium taken to nan emergency room, her mother, Brittany Randall, said.

However, scans astatine nan infirmary didn’t show thing significant, truthful nan teen was brought location — but her symptoms only worsened.

“I deliberation it was time six that she said: ‘Something’s not right. I don’t consciousness good. I request to spell backmost to nan hospital,’” her mother shared.

During her 2nd visit, a trial revealed that nan teen was successful kidney nonaccomplishment owed to a terrible E. coli infection.

Bowler was diagnosed pinch enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a uncommon complication of an E. coli infection caused by nan germs attacking nan kidneys.

She was past airlifted 250 miles to Children’s Hospital Colorado successful Aurora connected Oct. 18, wherever she received dialysis for 10 days successful an urgent effort to prevention her kidneys.

It was past revealed nan teen had been to McDonald’s aggregate times successful nan weeks earlier she started emotion ill, ordering her favourite meal: a Quarter Pounder pinch food and other pickles.

Bowler is now 1 of astatine slightest 75 people, 22 of whom were hospitalized, believed to person been sickened by the slivered onions atop nan celebrated burger.

Of those affected by nan outbreak, 11 of them were from Mesa County — wherever Bowler lives — and 1 has died, according to nan Centers for Disease Control.

“It’s been decidedly a roller coaster from nan clip that we’ve gotten present until now. Every time has been caller tests aliases caller things that popular up, aliases it’s fundamentally watching her assemblage conscionable not work,” Randall told nan outlet.

Randall said that her daughter’s kidneys are opening to show “some signs” of functioning aft being hospitalized.

It remains unclear, however, really overmuch harm has already been caused and really it will impact nan teen successful nan future.

“She went from being ace patient and nary issues astatine each to perchance kidney harm for her full life,” Randall told nan outlet.

A McDonald’s spokesperson told NBC News stories for illustration Bowler’s are “devastating to us” and that nan “well-being of our customers is profoundly important to us.”

The mother and girl now scheme to writer McDonald’s.

Multiple lawsuits have already been revenge against McDonald’s complete nan E. coli Quarter Pounder outbreak.

Food Poisoning Lawyer Ron Simon, who is representing nan teen and 32 others from 10 states, told NBC News that he has received hundreds of calls since nan outbreak began.

“It’s going to beryllium a batch much cases successful this outbreak than 75,” Simon said.

Last Wednesday, nan time aft national wellness agencies reported nan E. coli outbreak, customer visits to McDonald’s plunged 6.4% crossed nan country and 24% successful Colorado. By Friday, visits had cratered 10% successful nan US and 33% successful Colorado.

McDonald’s had yanked Quarter Pounders from its menus but has said it would resume income of nan burgers without slivered onions successful each of its locations this week aft nan Colorado Department of Agriculture said a sample of nan company’s beef patties tested antagonistic for E. coli.