• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Five-year-old girl left temporarily paralysed from waist down after mum spotted strange flu symptom

Home> News> US News

Published 09:52 10 Mar 2025 GMT

Five-year-old girl left temporarily paralysed from waist down after mum spotted strange flu symptom

The mum of the five-year-old wants to raise awareness of the life-threatening health complication

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

A young girl was left temporarily paralysed from the waist down after contracting a complication of the flu.

While recovering from influenza A in late January 2025, Aurora Burden-Schott started to develop serious muscle pains.

The five-year-old was tiptoeing around before waking up with no motion in the bottom half of her legs.

Her mum Kota, 27, from Ohio, US, took her to hospital where she spent three days being pumped with fluids.

Advert

It took Aurora two days to be able to walk again, as doctors said she was suffering from rhabdomyolysis.

The mum took her to hospital right away (SWNS)
The mum took her to hospital right away (SWNS)

What is rhabdomyolysis?

The serious health condition occurs when damaged muscles release proteins and electrolytes into the bloodstream.

"This dangerous muscle condition can result from overexertion, trauma, medications or an underlying health condition," according to Cleveland Clinic.

Advert

"Rhabdomyolysis is relatively uncommon. Every year, about 26,000 people in the United States develop this condition."

Symptoms of rhabdomyolysis

• weak muscles

• muscle stiffness

• muscle pain

Advert

• a change in your pee colour

The mum of the five-year-old wants to raise awareness of the life-threatening health complication (SWNS)
The mum of the five-year-old wants to raise awareness of the life-threatening health complication (SWNS)

Aurora's mum said: "She was struggling walking and complaining of really bad leg pain.

"I noticed she was tiptoeing around.

"She was having so much pain in her legs and couldn't lay her foot flat.

Advert

"Later on we had taken a little nap and when woke up that's when she was unable to use her legs.

"She had no motion in the bottom half of her body.

"She couldn't wiggle her toes.

"It was really scary.

"It was almost as if she was paralyzed from the waist down.

Advert

"She said her legs felt very heavy."

The girl was rushed to hospital where an x-ray test revealed that her muscle enzyme levels were at 950.

Aurora is recovering well (SWNS)
Aurora is recovering well (SWNS)

A normal range for a child her age is between 150 to 200.

Kota said: "The virus is attacking the muscles and they deteriorate.

"After the end of the first day she was bale to get some movement in her legs. She was able to walk after the second."

Doctors believe her complication may have been brought on due to her recent tonsillectomy, adenoid removal, and ear tube placement. Thankfully, Aurora is recovering well.

Kota, who works as a nail technician, added: "It could have caused some pretty serious permanent damage.

"It didn't cause any damage to the kidneys.

"She was able to recover great.

"I'm glad I trusted my gut and realized something wasn't right.

"People assume kids are going to have muscle aches when they get the flu."

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: Health, US News, Science, Parenting

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish is a Journalist at LADbible Group and is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2025. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

X

@Anish_Vij

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
3 hours ago
  • an hour ago

    Mounjaro user explains strange ‘magic mushroom’ effect they got when starting the weight loss drug

    One Mounjaro user had a very unusual reaction to using the medication

    News
  • 2 hours ago

    TUI respond after 'smoking couple' on board flight turn it into a 'warzone' as Brits stranded for 17 hours

    A couple were caught smoking on a plane headed for London Gatwick

    News
  • 2 hours ago

    Sobering conversation explains what happened in Air India flight cockpit moments before crash

    A preliminary investigation into the cause of the Air India Flight 171 crash is underway

    News
  • 3 hours ago

    Report into Air India crash explains what caused devastating crash killing 260

    Only one person on board survived the deadly crash last month

    News
  • Mum shares heartbreaking video to raise awareness of 14-year-old son's fatal mistake that cost him his life
  • Mum-of-five was left paralysed from the neck down after flying abroad to get weight loss surgery
  • Woman left paralysed from neck down in devastating accident after trying ambitious new yoga move
  • Teenager left paralysed from chest down may ‘never walk again' after breaking neck doing trampoline stunt