UPDATE: The family of Lily Mae Avant, the 10-year-old from central Texas who contracted a brain-eating amoeba, said the little girl has died early Monday morning.
She "fought the good fight," said her aunt, Loni Yadon, and cousin, Wendy Scott. "We are standing firm in our faith and the lives she touched."
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Lily Mae Avant, 10, who lives near Waco, is in a medically-induced coma at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth after contracting a brain-eating amoeba. Her family believes Lily contracted the amoeba while swimming in the Brazos River in her backyard.
