Nothing can prepare a parent for this medical announcement: "Your child has Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome". Or this one: "Your child will get worse before get better". My son fought a war.  It was against something invisible.  You can't see or smell E.coli 0157:H7 or the die off (called Shiga toxins) which are poisonous to the human body.  The damage done by this bacterium is incomprehensible.

Chris entered the emergency room during the evening of September 7, 2006 and was admitted to the hospital the following morning.  He was diagnosed with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome on September 11th. He endured a ventilator, kidney dialysis, chest drainage tube, central lines, PICC lines, blood plasma and platelet transfusions, intravenous nutrition, narcotics, antibiotics and surgeries.

He recovered from renal failure, congestive heart failure, a collapsed ling, acute pancreatitis, high blood pressure and seizures. Christopher was released from the hospital two months later on November 2nd with all body parts working.