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Night of red wine appreciation

Jimmy remembered, "We were sitting, having a little a night of red wine appreciation, trying to act as an adult and a slugging crawl. The conversation arrived: "Do I have to eat it?" Sam went. Slamming. That's how it happened. "

Live in the moment

Like past days, this incident has become famous among families and his teammate friends. Everyone was still listening to SAM's action with burglars and incredible reactions. Although it was a hot hot topic for all those who knew Sam, on the other hand, Sam started feeling sick.

Get sick

A few days after Sam ate the slug, he started to feel pain in his legs. With days, the pain became pretty worse than it had become difficult for Sam to walk. Katie Ballard, her mother took her to the hospital. Sam was worried if they were all the symptoms of eating a slug when his mother said, "No one falls ill from that."

A series of tests

The doctors took the sample of SAM blood and performed several tests. However, they could not say the exact reason for Sam's pain. Katie insisted that it could not be because of a slug, unfortunately, Sam's intestine feeling about to be proved.

A serious illness

When doctors finally set to zero on what Sam disease was suffering, it was too late. Sam was suffering from eosinophilic meningitis and started affecting his nervous system. There was nothing of what they could have done about it because the disease had already started eroding his brain.

Side effects of parasite

The parasites that reside inside slugs can cause headaches, strong fevers, muscle pain and cutaneous allergies. However, the case of Sam was completely different than its symptoms are not ordinary. So far, the case of SAM is one of the worst cases to record the impact of eating a slug.

Bad spirit

The slug that Sam we ate it has lost its ability to walk. In a week, he fell into a coma. His mother was full of hope for the healing of his son, but his health continued to deteriorate. Sam was in the coma for more than a year and his friends were taken by deep regret because of everything that happened.

Regret friends

Sam's friend who were present in the UNFATEful party could not bear the guilt of not preventing him from eating this slug. Even one of their advice could save Sam, but nobody suggested the good thing and it leads to their grass rugby champion friend.

420 days without life

After lying on the same bed for 420 days, Sam opened his eyes and found his friends and family on his side. He did not even realize that he jumped a year and a half of his life in the coma. And yet, the nightmare was still far from over for the young man.

The nightmare

Everyone held his breath to see if Sam will be normal or not. The doctors have all the tests and the family later informed about the news of heart. As if 420 days of unconsciousness were not enough that Sam had new new wait for him.

Paralyzed

Full body of Sam was paralyzed, and it was not even allowed to go home. It was less than 24 years old * 7 observation of doctors. The years have passed to the hospital and he started resembling Sam's house. His friends and family came to see him every day while his mother stayed at the hospital with him.

Two years

After a stay at the hospital for two years. Sam was finally released by the hospital. "While the doctors had managed to save him over time, he was now confined to a wheelchair, with limited communication skills, and requiring 24 hours a day, care a week of seven days," said an investigator.

constantly lose

Sam ran regularly hours in physiotherapy in the hope of getting his nervous back to normal. Unfortunately, he still lost the race to the parasite who has always been a step by step from him. He was aware of his condition, but his sports spirit allowed him to give up.

Friend

"When I entered, he was very, very amaigri ... and there were cables everywhere. It was a great shock, "said his friend Michael Sheasby. All his friends kept Sat caught by the fact that they wanted to get back on his feet quickly and play with them a day.

Gone passion Sam

"Sam is doing really good. He is always the same insolent Sam, and laughs a lot. He will work and talk (thank God), but the time factor is is that we do not know, "said Katie Ballard on his social media page. She further added how this incident changed her life: "It is devastated, has changed forever his life forever, has changed my life. It's huge. The impact is huge ".

Try to live

Sam and his mother never blamed his friends for what happened that day. In fact, his mother tried to go up the morale of boys who were prey to guilt. She knew that the way teenagers are is and she took this incident as an unfortunate day and not someone blame.

Take everywhere

Sam's friend started doing it for all sporting events. After all, everyone was well aware of his interest and passion for sport. They do not give Sam one of the reasons to feel like an odd on one. In fact, he has always been the soul and the heart of all events.

Enlighten

Sam's face used in light seeing his friends. His friends recalled, "He did his time. His mother once gave a small explanation on what he was to be with him after coma. She said on social media: "Sam standing had kined as part of the gym. He spent the afternoon laughing with me as I read the sports section of the newspaper with new glasses. He told him that he was the stress of the last 16 months who affected my sight ".

Call for the mother

SAM hospital invoice was too much to afford and his mother using the National Disability Insurance Program in 2016. The Australian Government approved the request and the family received half a million dollars for the Future help. However, it was too late as his request was granted.

The rough rough

For 8 years, Sam has survived the pain and innumerable medical treatments. He surrended that what doctors thought. He was happy with his friends and family, but at the moment when financial assistance has reached him, the question was out of the hands of everyone.

End of the fight

Sam's struggle finally ended in November 2018. "We have sad news for you now. Earlier this year, we brought you the story of Sam Ballard who, on a challenge of his friends, ate a slug. He contracted the rat pulmonary disease with devastating effects, "said Lisa Wilkinson, a journalist. She even told her last words.

His last words

"His friends remained stuck by him since. Friday, Sam died, surrounded by his family and his loyal and faithful friends. His last words to his mother: "I love you," added Wilkinson. The dream of his mother to see her son walk again will never be accomplished.

Love all the moments

Since Sam has been unloaded from the hospital, he did his best to recover. He has undergone physiotherapy for hours daily. To be able to walk again, it was his wish. His mother also always motivated it.

Friends forever

Although Sam left the world at the age of 28. His friends never get tired of remembering. They always keep it alive in their conversations. And remember how little prates can become serious.