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Taylor Odisho

Colorado Teen Suffers Kidney Failure After Eating McDonald's Quarter Pounder, Shocked Family: 'She Never Had Any Health Problems Ever'

The 15-year-old is lucky to be alive after going into acute kidney failure from E. coli poisoning caused by McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers. (Credit: YouTube/Getty Images)

A Colorado high school teen is lucky to be alive after she was rushed to a hospital and diagnosed with life-threatening E. coli poisoning from consuming Quarter Pounder burgers from McDonald's.

Kamberlyn Bowler, 15, was airlifted to a hospital and diagnosed with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, a disease caused by E. coli. She was given multiple blood transfusions after going into acute kidney failure but is now in dialysis, recovering at a children's hospital in Denver.

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