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Her husband Don said it was just two weeks ago that Carol began to feel ill. She didn t have any energy. Didn t want to eat. All she wanted to do was sleep,” said Autry.
Initially, Autry told NBC 5, their doctor couldn t find anything wrong. A few days later, a call to 911 resulted in a trip to the emergency room and then when Carol struggled to breathe, the ICU.
“Just not knowing what was wrong with her and knowing something was, that was hard on all of us,” said Don Autry.
But eventually, a spinal tap pointed to an unsuspecting cause, West Nile virus, the first human case confirmed in Dallas County this year.