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Florida Teen Suffering From Brain-Eating Amoeba Begins Treatment At Chicago's Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Caleb Ziegelbauer is receiving treatment at the acclaimed facility in Streeterville.

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The 13-year-old has been in a hospital in Florida for the past 54 days battling a brain-eating amoeba that his family believes he contracted while swimming.
The 13-year-old has been in a hospital in Florida for the past 54 days battling a brain-eating amoeba that his family believes he contracted while swimming. (CBS)

By Charlie De Mar, CBS Chicago:

CHICAGO (CBS) — Parents of a teen from Florida are desperate to save their 13-year-old son, who has a rare and often deadly disease caused by a brain-eating amoeba.

They have now arrived in Chicago on a medical mission. The boy, Caleb Ziegelbauer, is receiving treatment at the acclaimed Shirley Ryan AbiltyLab in Streeterville.

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