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July 15, 2011 1:53 PM
Kawasaki disease diagnosed on Facebook, saves young boy's life
By
Ryan Jaslow
CBS) "Nothing says Happy Mother's Day quite like a Sunday morning at the pediatrician's."
That's the caption Deborah Copaken Kogan included with a picture she posted on Facebook of her 4-year-old son Leo, who had woken up with a rash on Mother's Day. Little did she know at the time, the social networking service would save her son's life because he was suffering from a rare illness - Kawasaki disease.
In an editorial she wrote for Slate, Kogan describes that when she took Leo to the doctor that morning, his pediatrician thought he looked "streppy," and began treating him for that infection. Except when he woke up the next morning, his condition had deteriorated...
July 15, 2011 1:53 PM
Kawasaki disease diagnosed on Facebook, saves young boy's life
By
Ryan Jaslow
CBS) "Nothing says Happy Mother's Day quite like a Sunday morning at the pediatrician's."
That's the caption Deborah Copaken Kogan included with a picture she posted on Facebook of her 4-year-old son Leo, who had woken up with a rash on Mother's Day. Little did she know at the time, the social networking service would save her son's life because he was suffering from a rare illness - Kawasaki disease.
In an editorial she wrote for Slate, Kogan describes that when she took Leo to the doctor that morning, his pediatrician thought he looked "streppy," and began treating him for that infection. Except when he woke up the next morning, his condition had deteriorated...