Tripp Halstead’s mother says ailment is still a mystery
The Georgia mom of a young boy who captured the hearts of people across the nation after a terrible accident, said in a Facebook post Monday that doctors are still trying to nail down the cause of her son’s latest health crisis.
Tripp Halstead, who nearly died five years ago when a tree limb fell on him, was rushed to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta over the New Year’s Day holiday weekend.
Stacy Halstead has kept the public informed about Tripp’s life and health on social media. Her page, Tripp Halstead Updates, has more than 1.3 million likes.
She posted that a CT scan looked good. An electroencephalogram (EEG), a test used to detect electrical activity in the brain, is scheduled for Tuesday.
“Tripp is quite a mystery when he’s sick,” she wrote. “The words Sepsis, respiratory infection, shunt series, pneumonia, UTI, seizures and more have all been thrown around today. Everyone is at a loss on why his heart rate is staying high even when his oxygen is at 100%.
“He is very whiny and cries and goes from flushed to pale to flushed. His temp has moved around a bit too.”
She said they may leave “without any definitive answers if he starts to gets better on the High dose of the two IV antibiotics he is getting.”
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