Mother raises awareness for flu shots after her daughter died

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Nov 06, 2016 11:23 PM EST
Tags flu, H1N1, flu shots

The undeniable arguments of flu shots are always in the spotlight. Currently, a mother testifies how important a flu vaccine is for the kids. Her daughter died because she allowed the daughter to skip the flu shot.

In the report by Q13Fox, during 2015-2016 flu shot season, Pregy Lowery once decided to let her 12-year-old daughter Piper, to skip the flu vaccine. As a mother would do knowing that her child has a fear of needles. But, the fear of Piper outweighed the potential benefit of the shot that caused her life.

Now, Pregy is raising awareness to other moms to not let their kid skip flu shots. She does not want other moms to experience the tragedy that she has faced.

Pregy Lowery describes the death of her daughter, where she said that the illness progressed so fast that it can be compared to a "freight train." On January 12, Piper began feeling ill having a high fever, 4 days later she was dead.

When Piper began vomiting blood, Lowery took her to the emergency room at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, where Piper collapsed in her mother's arms in the parking lot. Lowery screamed for help, but doctors who later tended to Piper could not revive her.

As follows, Piper began to vomit blood and she was rushed by Pregy at the Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma emergency room. Not for long, Piper collapsed at her mother's arm in the parking lot. Pregy screamed for help but when the doctors arrived and tried to revive her, she was already gone.

Piper was diagnosed with H1N1, and the complications attacked the kidneys of Piper. It causes her to have a renal failure that began the day before she died.

Although Lowery isn't positive that the flu shot would have saved her daughter's life, she is working with Tacoma-based Fight the Flu Foundation. This is to promote what she now knows is widely accurate about the vaccine, which is that in many cases, it can be life-saving.

However, Pregy Lowery is not sure enough that skipping the flu shot killed her daughter, yet she is still working with the Tacoma-based Fight Flu Foundation. She is promoting of what she know to be the good side of the vaccine on behalf of her late daughter, according to Fox News.

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