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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 18, 2020) How could I have missed this? She was growing, eating, drinking and playing lots of softball.
Those thoughts went rushing through Crystal and Vernon Cecil s minds in August of 2017. Their 10-year-old, Evie Cecil, came home from school with a stomach ache but no fever. After a nap, the fifth-grader grew increasingly lethargic and Crystal s motherly instincts kicked in. Her symptoms didn t seem to fit the typical flu or stomach virus, she said.
The next morning once at the pediatrician s office, Evie could not sit up on her own. A weight check revealed she had lost more than 16 pounds in just five months.