IT sounds like something out of a horror movie; a person goes for a dip in a hot spring, and dies a week later. Why? Well, it's all because a single-celled life form has travelled up their nose, destroyed nerve tissue, worked its way up into the brain and killed them.
me. reporter: nine weeks ago she contracted a brain eating infection at an arkansas water park. there have only been 128 known in effect shuns like hers in the u.s. in the past 50 years and miraculously kaylee is the third person to survive. i can feel i ve gotten better. reporter: more miraculous, she s going home. what are your thoughts going to be when you get home? play with khloe, my dog khloe. i love her since she s been about one. reporter: kaylee has undergone intensive therapy. three more. three more, you can do it. reporter: and takes special medication flown in from germany. doctors say it was the speed with which her mother brought her to the hospital after being infected that made all the difference. that quick thinking mother said she couldn t be more relieved. do you remember what you said the first time you spoke to me? momma, i m ecstatic. reporter: now with a renewed
online. we re getting warning about rare but brain eating infection that can be in rivers and lakes. this is another child infected. here are images of zach before he was hospitalized. more about his condition in a moment. first, this report from our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen. reporter: high water temperatures, low water levels. the ideal breeding ground for this brain eating amoeba. health officials in florida issuing warning to be wary when swimming, jumping or diving. it s rare but they can go up the nose and into the brain causing meningitis. zach is battling the disease at miami children s hospital after contracting while knee boarding. he s fighting. she s strong. reporter: on facebook his
securities. we have cooperated and will continue to cooperate with these requests. the times reports that any legal action, if it s pursued by the feds, is most likely to be civil, not a surprise and not a criminal action, jenna. jenna: that s a story we ll continue to watch, catherine, thank you. you re welcome. rick: are you paying attention to your four on 1k? maybe today is not the best day to take a look at that. the dow is plummeting once again, global economic concerns putting tremendous pressure on the financial market, president obama saying only a few tweaks are needed to fix things on our end. is it as saferel as simple as that? jenna: we re ten points better than where we were! moving to positive. listen to this. three deaths are now blamed on a rare brain eating infection that lurks in the water. a member of our medical a team on the cause and what you need to do to keep your family safe. this is bizarre on any level, rick. rick: it s a scary story. we ll talk about