Weeks After Baby Rushed to ER, a Diagnosis: Botulism

A 1-year-old in Arizona is critically ill after doctors say he tested positive for botulism, the Arizona Republic reports. On Aug. 5, the day before Cole Hansberger's first birthday, his mom, Jackie, noticed a few strange things: first, his drooping head while he was crawling around, then a complete cessation of crawling by 5pm that day, and finally, an inability to sit up by early the next morning. 

Cole was rushed to the ER at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, where doctors at first scratched their heads on what caused this sudden deterioration. On a GoFundMe page set up by Robert Hansberger, ID'd by Fox News as Cole's dad, Robert explains how the baby underwent a plethora of CT scans, blood and urine analysis, and "tests upon tests with no answers," until finally, on Wednesday, an update revealed that Cole had tested positive for botulism.

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