Posted:
Aug 21, 2013 1:09 PM CST
Updated:
Aug 21, 2013 1:12 PM CST
LITTLE ROCK,
Ark. (AP) — A 12-year-old Arkansas girl who has been battling a rare and
often-fatal infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba is now able to
say a few words.
Kali Hardig was diagnosed last month with an infection caused by an amoeba called Naegleria fowleri.
Health
officials say there were 128 reported infections in the United States
between 1962 and 2012. Before Kali, doctors could only point to one
known survivor in the U.S. and another in Mexico.
Kali's mother, Traci Hardig, says her daughter is able to say "Hi mama" and a few other words as she relearns how to speak.
Health
officials believe Kali became sick after a trip to an Arkansas water
park. The amoeba that caused her infection is often found in warm
freshwater.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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