After 10 weeks of waiting, they finally know what killed the well-liked teen who hoped to become a pediatrician. Michaela died from coronary artery vasculitis brought on fibrosing mediastinitis associated with pulmonary histoplasmosis.
Essentially, a fungus that is commonly found in the soil has airborne spores that can be breathed into lungs.
Michaela's lungs had scar tissue inside that the fungus attached to. As it grew, it got into her blood stream and caused a lymph node near her heart to swell, along with her coronary arteries. Eventually, the swelling got so severe that blood could no longer pass through.
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