OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma infant is fighting for her life inside a metro hospital. 
 
 She isn’t even a year old yet, but doctors say she’s contracted a “super strain” of E. coli. 
 
 Her family doesn’t know how she contracted the serious bacterial infection, and investigators with the CDC are looking into the case. 
 
 Oakleigh Nance has been in and out of the hospital for months after she was born with a kidney issue. 
 
 Now, her family is hoping she can fight off this disease before an upcoming kidney surgery that could save her life. 
 
 Oakleigh is just 11-months-old. 
 
 “She has such a great personality. When she’s feeling good, she’s rambunctious, just like any other normal kid,” said Chris Curtis, Oakleigh's grandfather. 
 
 Oakleigh was born premature, weighing only three pounds. 
 
 She spent a lot of time in the NICU, but she went home and seemed to be in perfect health for six months. 
 
 Then, the trouble began. 
 
 Oakleigh came down with a bacterial infection. 
 
 She went back to the hospital, and on Monday, her family got the awful news. 
 
 She was diagnosed with a critical case of E. coli. 
 
 “With this strain of E. coli, it can get in her brain, it can get in her spinal cord, basically cause her to go into cardiac arrest. And we heard that it was a very, very scary situation,” Curtis said. 
 
 What’s also concerning, Curtis says, is that because Oakleigh has already had so many antibiotics for those previous health issues, the family is running out of options. 
 
 "The real problem that Oakleigh faces is the fact that at such a young age, she’s been exposed to so many antibiotics. The E. coli she has is resistant to a lot of antibiotics that are out there,” Curtis said. 
 
 While doctors race against the clock, Oakleigh’s family says their faith is what’s keeping them going. 
 
 “I know that God is in control of all else, and when I think about what’s going on in her life, I think about my faith in God. That’s what sustains me and gets me through it,” Curtis said. 
 
 Oakleigh’s kidney surgery is scheduled for the second week in August. 
 
 Now, her family is trying to raise money through a GoFundMe account to cover those medical expenses. 
 
 See a mistake? Report a typo here. ||||| Oakleigh Ryan Nance has been a true blessing ever since the moment she entered this world at 3 pounds. She was small and premature, but she was and is a fighter. Oakleigh started off on 4 liters of oxygen and within 3 days she was breathing nothing but air and saturating between 98 and 100%. In the NICU, they used to call her Miss Sassy because of her ability to express her displeasure with her circumstances.Oakleigh had grown normally and her health was excellent up until a couple of months ago when she came down with a sudden fever. Out of nowhere, her fever spiked to 104. It just so happened that Oakleigh had a severe UTI that probably had invaded her kidneys.After going on antibiotics, the fever went away but returned a week later. She has battled with reoocurring infections over the latest months and was then hospitalized for further testing.The tests revealed that Oakleigh has stage 3 kidney reflux.This is rather common with this condition, but the bacteria associated with her infection was a dangerous, antibiotic resistant strain of Pseudomonas.While she was in the hospital, tests were done on her heart which revealed moderate ASD and pulmonary stenosis.This is especially concerning when you consider the infection and the involvement of the kidneys.Oakleigh is currently scheduled for surgery at the end of this month.They will be operating to fix the reflux in her left kidney, which now has 22% functionality, in hopes to eliminate future infections.This will be about a 4 ½ hour procedure.Her left kidney is actually 2 kidneys, with 2 different ureters which will have to be cut back to a length that will prevent reflux.She will also have to have a pocket on the outside of the kidney removed.The next step after healing from the surgery is to meet with the cardiologist to discuss additional testing for her heart condition.Oakleigh has a long road ahead of her, but God has her hand every step of the way and for that we are extreemly thankful.Oakleigh is surrounded by a loving and supportive family and on their behalf, we thank you for your support.God Bless! ||||| × Tacoma boy fights for life with E. coli infection after 4-year-old friend dies 
 
 TACOMA — Five-year-old Brad Sutton is fighting for his life. 
 
 “He’s doing better now. His levels for his kidneys are coming up, which is good so he’s doing better right now, but he’s not out of the woods,” Brad’s mother, Elizabeth Sutton, said. 
 
 He’s in Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, undergoing treatment for hemolytic uremic syndrome — a failure of his kidneys usually caused by an E. coli infection. 
 
 Brad got sick days after he and his friend Serena Profitt, 4, ate with their families at a restaurant in Otis, Ore., near Lincoln City. 
 
 Their families believe the cause was a turkey sandwich that the two split for dinner, because days later both kids got sick. 
 
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 Serena got so bad she was eventually taken to a McMinnville, Ore., hospital, where she went into kidney failure. 
 
 "She's the most vibrant young girl ever; she's just sweet, loving and so amazing, so smart, just a heart that is of gold,” Serena’s aunt, Aleahsa Hargitt, told KPTV in Portland. 
 
 Serena was later rushed to Doernbecher Children's Hospital, where the family said doctors diagnosed her with E. coli. 
 
 "She was great Sunday morning, and then by 4 o'clock, she had a stroke," said Hargitt. 
 
 Serena’s family says her condition advanced to her brain and caused her other organs to shut down. 
 
 Monday night, the family took her off life support. 
 
 "I was crushed," Sutton said. "Our families have always been close. I was mortified that it happened to her." 
 
 The Oregon Health Department is also aware of the recent E. coli report, which they say can be very dangerous for children and the elderly. 
 
 "E. coli 0157 and others are one of the worst foodborne illnesses that you can get,” the Oregon Health Department's Dr. Paul Cieslak said. 
 
 Health officials say people should always avoid eating undercooked ground beef, unpasteurized milk and juices and you should always wash your hands after using the restroom. 
 
 Meanwhile, in little Brad's hospital room, his family hoping for good news. 
 
 "My hope is he walks out of here just fine, with no permanent damage, or stroke or seizures or anything,” Sutton said. 
 
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– An Oklahoma girl diagnosed with "super" E. coli is facing a life-or-death battle—and worse, she's only 11 months old. "With this strain of E. coli, it can get in her brain, it can get in her spinal cord, basically cause her to go into cardiac arrest," her grandfather, Chris Curtis, tells KFOR. "And we heard that it was a very, very scary situation." Her family says it's not clear how Oakleigh Nance got the infection, which appears resistant to antibiotics, but the CDC is investigating. It all started when Oakleigh was born premature at only 3 pounds and "started off on 4 liters of oxygen," according to a GoFundMe page to help pay her medical bills. "In the NICU, they used to call her Miss Sassy because of her ability to express her displeasure with her circumstances," the page says. Then she went home and was fine for months until a 104-degree temperature and severe urinary tract infection sent her back to the hospital. Since then, she's been diagnosed with moderate ASD and pulmonary stenosis of the heart, stage 3 kidney reflux, and "a dangerous, antibiotic resistant strain of Pseudomonas," says the GoFundMe page. Now doctors are planning a 4 1/2-hour procedure on her kidney, which is functioning at 22%, to possibly prevent other infections. "I know that God is in control of all else, and when I think about what’s going on in her life, I think about my faith in God," says Curtis. "That’s what sustains me and gets me through it." (Read about a brain-eating bacteria that has returned to Louisiana.)