"She is in Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis on life support. Her grandmother appears. The woman who adored tulips. Who taught Charlotte how to bake. Who loved watching her play volleyball. When her grandmother's breast cancer returned, she vowed to live long enough to see where Charlotte would play in college. She died in July 2023, four days after her granddaughter committed to Indiana. But she's with Charlotte now."
"PHIL VINSON HEARS the muted whir of a helicopter flying over the family's Muncie, Indiana, home. In his heart, he knows it's Charlotte. Somewhere overhead, his daughter is fighting for her life. He quickly stuffs a suitcase with shirts, pants and toiletries before heading to Riley, an hour-and-20-minute drive away in Indianapolis. Charlotte's mom, Erin, is already on the road ahead of him."
Charlotte Vinson, 16, developed toxic shock syndrome in May 2024 after chills progressed to a fever while playing volleyball. Her organs began shutting down and she was placed on life support at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. During the critical period she experienced an appearance of her late grandmother. Phil Vinson, her father, heard a helicopter and rushed to the hospital, while Charlotte's mother, Erin, a family physician, had already departed. Symptoms began three days earlier after Mother's Day with shivering, high fever, vomiting, low blood pressure and a sudden visual disturbance that prompted emergency care.
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