14 Year Old Girl dies - doctor told her mom blood clots happen in rare cases of influenza A

Teen girl who died of flu was a ‘bright spirit,’ loved ones say

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Abbie died on Dec. 19 with a blood clot in her heart. Hauler said the doctor told her blood clots happen in rare cases of influenza A.

“We’ve all been sick. We’ve all been under the weather,” said Hauler. “No one ever thinks when they get sick or their child gets sick with a cold that you’re going to lose them.”

Abbie’s death is the first from the flu in Franklin County in 2022, according to the county public health agency. A Franklin County Public Health spokesperson said the last pediatric flu death in the county was in 2019.