As Illinois flu cases surge amid holiday gatherings, hospitalizations are also increasing.
"Just this last week, we've had four times as many influenza cases than we did during our highest peak three years ago," said Dr. Jonathan Pinsky, medical director of Infection Control."We do have a number of patients admitted to the hospital with influenza. A majority of those are elderly or have underlying medical conditions," he said.
Madi was put on life-support and doctors told Shelle her daughter had a 1 percent chance of survival."It's just that, again, I as one of those people that didn't think a healthy 12-year-old would get so sick from the flu," she said.
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