Aiden Debusk News Today

Aiden Debusk, a seven-year-old boy in Russellville, Arkansas, was placed in a medically induced coma last year after coming down with the tickborne illness ehrlichiosis.

He quickly deteriorated after complaining a headache and developing a fever

This 6-year-old boy suffered hours-long seizures and nearly died after developing a tick-borne illness on a family hike.

Boy had serious headaches, fever. It was sign of ehrlichiosis, a lesser known tick-borne disease that can cause seizures, death. It can be treated with antibiotics.

Boy had serious headaches, fever. It was sign of ehrlichiosis, a lesser known tick-borne disease that can cause seizures, death. It can be treated with antibiotics.

A Russellville six-year-old has been in the ICU for the past 10 days because of a tick bite, and now the child's mother is pleading for other parents to take the pest seriously.

“He may not be the same Aiden I had,” the Arkansas mother said.