A rat virus survivor has revealed how the potentially fatal disease left her in a coma, within an inch of her life and with excruciating long term effects.
Jennifer Benewiat, 43, told the Daily Mail she experienced ICU psychosis and had to learn how to walk and shower again after coming down with hantavirus nearly 16 years ago.
Mother–of–three Benewiat, of Kansas, contracted the illness in December 2010 over Christmas.
After driving an hour home to Wichita from Hutchinson, she passed out on her doorstep. This led to her eventually being hospitalized with doctors later telling her that she might die.
Benewiat was placed on
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