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Couple's son was dying so they took a chance on an unapproved drug
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A couple wants to make parents aware of a condition that nearly took the life of their toddler, and they want you to know about the drug that saved him.
The child is the first in the country with this condition to get emergency use of a drug not approved in the U.S.
Jacob and Katy Landry didn't think their little boy Colden would make it to his third birthday.
”It was heart, heart-wrenching for sure. He got to the point where he did code in the hospital and uh that, that, that was the point where family and friends started coming out,” said Colden’s Father Jacob Landry.
A year ago he got sick with bloody diarrhea, vomiting, and then skin spots. Doctors saw his kidneys were shutting down. So, Colden was airlifted to a hospital in Gainesville, Florida.
That's five hours away from their home. Jacob is from Slidell, but is stationed in the Florida panhandle, serving in the Air Force. Mom Katy is a patient care tech, studying to be a registered nurse.