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10-year-old gets strange mark on leg after football game – dies in hospital 9 days later

Sad Posted by Sepsis Alliance on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 After Keith finished a routine football game, his parent noticed that his leg was beginning to swell. According to the Daily Mail, as a precaution they ...

18-year-old nearly dies because of vaping, shows black spots on lung to encourage teens to quit

Chance Ammirata, an 18-year-old freshman at Florida International University in Miami, picked up his first Juul about a year and a half ago. He says he had never smoked, and wouldn’t have smoked a regular ...

Baby taken off life support given 6 hours to live – she’s about to celebrate her first birthday

In April, after she suffered a medical emergency which put her on life support, Monique made the difficult decision to take her baby off life support and put her on hospice care. “I prayed. I ...

How Robin Williams made his friend Christopher Reeve laugh again after his accident

One of Williams’ closest friends in Hollywood was actor Christopher Reeve, best known for the iconic role of Superman in the original film series. But the two had met before they were famous: while roommates ...

Identical mirror twins diagnosed with the same breast cancer just weeks apart

“To say it was a one-two-punch was an understatement,” Metta said. According to a GoFundMe set up to help both of their families cover expenses they will incur over the coming months, Metta felt a ...

9-year-old girl dies days after freak accident–donates organs and corneas to 5 people

On July 29, Jesi shared on Facebook that her daughter was missing. She was reportedly playing in her home’s backyard when she fell from a tree. When she landed the left side of her head ...

11-year boy wakes up with horrific burns after friend pours boiling hot water on him

Hot water challenge We have written about this before, but it would appear that the ‘game’ shows no signs of decreasing in its popularity. It’s called “The Hot Water Challenge” and can often involve a group ...

Mom of two loses finger and almost dies after being infected with flesh-eating bug

Horror pics show Scot mum's finger-less hand after she caught MRSA from cat scratchhttps://t.co/r4RCL2a8oF pic.twitter.com/wUDrzdcUh8 — The Scottish Sun (@ScottishSun) July 21, 2019 Moira Brady thought very little of the scratch dealt unto her by ...

8-year-old girl celebrates victory over cancer by donating birthday gifts to other children

When Zoe was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma in February of 2018, her odds of survival weren’t great. She had a tumor from her chest to her pelvis, and as her mom, Sheena, explained to ...

When a veteran dies with no close family, thousands of strangers show up at funeral to honor him

Wayne “Sarge” Wilson, an army veteran, died on May 28, 2019 while undergoing heart surgery. He was 67.  According to his obituary, Wilson served his country in Vietnam from 1971 to 1977, and was wounded ...