Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
A 14-year-old Minnesota boy is the nation’s second confirmed 2015 death from a brain eating amoeba.
The family of Hunter Boutain, who died Thursday at University of Minnesota Medical Center, said that it’s likely he caught Naegleria fowleri while swimming at Lake Minnewaska in Pope County, Minnesota.
“Hunter’s condition deteriorated throughout the night and he was declared brain dead this morning. Hunter died surrounded by his family. It is a deeply emotional time for all us. We ask for privacy and prayers as we remember our beloved Hunter,” family spokesman Bryan Boutain said in a statement.
“I thank you all for praying for Hunter,” the teen’s brother Lee Boutain posted on Facebook. “The Lord didn’t want him to stay on earth. As much as I am hurt I know I can’t love him as much as God.”
Hunter’s death is the third in Minnesota from the amoeba. Officials are concerned because the two previous cases, one in 2010 and one in 2012, happened in smaller lakes and in much warmer conditions than where Hunter was believed to have contracted the parasite.
As previously reported, a 21-year-old California woman died in late June from the amoeba after officials say she caught the amoeba “on private land.”
Only three people are known to have survived an infection with Naegleria fowleri.
M.S.P. will eradicate this parasite as well as any other microorganism we’ve tested it on, even Lymmes and we have it in stock for nebulization.
What is M.S.P.? Please explain. Thanks!
So sad. Praying for his family.