An Amoeba is Eating My Brain

 

- Piano Steps - Mark Russell (show intro)


CASE 1

- ? (Phoenix, Arizona/Jim Ehrenstorm works in I.T., and his wife Ashley is a school psychologist)

- Blissful Dream - Johnny Lithium [Audio Network] (the couple have a 2-year-old daugther, Evelyn)

- Enter the Catacombs - Ron Riddle [KPM Music] (one early evening in Spring, Evelyn is in her playroom with her mom when she starts to cry)

- Heightened Security - David Huizenga [KPM Music] (Evelyn won't stop crying, so Ashley calls in Jim to help calm her down/Ashley puts a band-aid on Evelyn's finger, but it does little to help)

- ? (a fews minute later, the family is watching Evelyn's favorite cartoon, when Evelyn starts to thrash)

- Winding Breeze - James Dorman (Jim and Ashley put Evelyn in the car to take her to urgent care, where Ashley notices Evelyn's breathing is labored)

- ? (Evelyn starts to throw up)

- ? (Ashley starts to become terrified)

- World Order - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (at the clinic, doctors believe Evelyn has a stomach issue)

- Prescience (a) - Michael Price, Laurence Greed [KPM Music] (doctor gives Evelyn an anti-nausea shot)

- Crunchtime (a) - James Davies [APM Music] (30 minutes later, the anti-nausea shot hasn't worked)

- Waiting Game - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (Jim and Ashley are helpless to stop Evelyn's pain)

- ? ("2-year-old Evelyn Ehrenstrom is in severe pain, and vomiting uncontrollably...which even an anti-nausea shot has not stopped.")

- National Concern - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Jim and Ashley decide to take Evelyn to the hospital)

- Documentary Underscore [#3] - Frederic Sans [APM Music] (at the hospital, pediatric emergency physician Dr. David Ruby takes on Evelyn's case)

- Fanatical Gangs - Doug Bossi, Sarah Schachner [KPM Music] (Dr. Ruby gives Evelyn a physical examination)

- ? (Dr. Ruby makes a startling diagnosis)

- Rural Prison* - Doug Bossi, Doug Beiden [KPM Music] (Evelyn has a scorpion sting)

- ? (scorpion venom is coursing through Evelyn's bloodstream and spreading neurotoxins that are attacking the cells of her nervous system)

- Gods Must Die - Dragas Goran, Trammell Jack [SOURCE NOT KNOWN] ("Everything that Evelyn was going through was scary.")

- Safari - Christopher Ashmore [Audio Network] ("What makes scorpion venom so potent is that it disrupts the body's nerve cells.")

- Uncertain Answers - Drew Lerdal, Brian Reidinger, Darren Drew [KPM Music] ("She was pretty classic for...uh, the type of symptoms we'd expect to see with a scorpion sting.")

- Life Pulse - Rick Baker [Warner Chappell Music] ("Evelyn's condition was serious to critical.")

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (Evelyn placed on antivenom)

- Lost Prophecies - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (Evelyn wrangles the I.V. loose)

- Diagnostic (a) - Michael Price, Nicholas Hill [KPM Music] (Jim and Ashley wait by Evelyn's side)

- Hand on Heart 3 - David Kelly [Audio Network] (after an hour, Evelyn opens her eyes)

- Teeth Grind - Max Concors [APM Music] (the scorpion that stung Evelyn was a bark scorpion)

- ? (Ashley believes the scorpion was inside Evelyn's play bowl in her playroom)

- Little Lights - Terry Devine-King, Tom Jenkins [Audio Network] (a few hours later, Evelyn is sent home, and today, Jim and Ashley are more cautious about checking for scorpions)

- ? (today, Evelyn has made a full recovery)

- Valley of Tranquillity - Chris Egan, Trystan Francis [Audio Network] (how to keep scorpions out of the home)


CASE 2

- Electronic Warfare* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music]; Police and Protestors - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (case intro)

- Weekend Break - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] (Newport Beach, California/Garrett Halweg is a neuropsychiatrist, and his girlfriend Aja Haydn-Myer is an office manager, and the two love to travel)

- Hearing Things (b) - Tomie Reeves [APM Music] (Garrett is a devout Christian, just like his parents, Jerry and Tootie)

- Thoughts - David Michael, Lee Pomeroy [Audio Network] (Aja, however, is not religious, and is the reason the two are currently not married)

- ? (one day in November, the couple has returned from a vacation in Hawaii, and Aja is out of town visiting her father/while at work, Garrett develops a headache)

- Forensics - Bob Bradley, Michael Bradley [Audio Network] (on Saturday, Garrett wakes up feeling feverish)

- Seek to Find - Bryce Jacobs [Audio Network] (the next day, Aja calls Garrett, who tells him he should go to the emergency room, but Garrett declines to)

- Tension - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] (that night, Garrett goes to bed early again)

- Drone Wars 2 - Igor Dvorkin, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (Garrett wakes up struggling to breathe)

- Hopeful 3 - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (Garrett rushes to the hospital, where infectious disease specialist Dr. William Thompson takes on his case/explanation of jaundice)

- Field Operatives* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (Dr. Thompson discovers Garrett's liver has failed)

- Barbarian 2 - Chris Blackwell [Audio Network]; Palpitation - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("I...was very worried."/doctors place Garrett on a dialysis machine)

- Empty Road (a) - David Robidoux [APM Music] (Garrett texts both his parents and Aja)

- Presumed Unbiased - Doug Bossi, Doug Beiden [KPM Music] (Aja books a flight back to California)

- Avoiding Environmental Danger - David Vanacore, Mikolai Stroinski [KPM Music] (Garrett's parents rush to the hospital/Garrett has now gone into multi-organ failure)

- Freefall - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] ("I remember seeing my parents there, and thinking that my parents would have to see their son die.")

- No Threat Too Big (Synths Only) - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] ("Garrett Halweg is suffering from a mysterious illness that has caused his vital organs to start shutting down.")

- A Timely Matter - Brian Reidinger, Ryan Leach, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (Garrett placed into a medically-induced coma/several hours later, Aja arrives to a comatose Garrett)

- No Threat Too Big (Synths Only) - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (after several days at his bedside, Asia notices something unusual)

- Close to Hysteria* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (Garrett has now bled into his eyeballs)

- ? (Dr. Thompson runs very specialized blood tests, which reveal the culprit)

- Hades Comet Drone - Poul Bjoerling, Michele Brustia, Maurizio Capaldi, Silvio Moretti [APM Music] ("Never heard of that word before, and we were all deadly scared of what the outcome could be.")

- Gone Missing - Didier Rachou [KPM Music]; Hostile Rants - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (leptospirosis)

- ? ("It was...it was frightening.")

- Urgency - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] ("Leptospira bacteria can turn deadly very quickly because they're able to evade the body's immune system."/"Garrett's case of leptospirosis was as bad as you get.")

- Last One - Alex Kovacs [Audio Network] (Dr. Thompson places Garrett on targeted antibiotics, and performs numerous blood transfusions)

- It's Ok 2 - Tom Rosenthal, Max Brodie [Audio Network] (Aja chooses to be baptized)

- ? ("I think...she was probably feeling as if..."If he doesn't make it, I want to be baptized before he passes."")

- It's Ok 2 - Tom Rosenthal, Max Brodie [Audio Network] ("It was bittersweet because, here I was getting baptized, and he was still in a drug-induced coma.")

- Dauntless Actions - Doug Bossi, Sarah Schachner [KPM Music] ("Leptospira bacteria are destroying the blood of Garrett Halweg, causing his organs to shut down.")

- Freefall - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (finally, after a week in the hospital, Aja witnesses Garrett turn around)

- Motion - Richard Lacy, Barrie Gledden, Richard Kimmings [Audio Network] (Aja proposes to Garrett)

- Drone Wars - Igor Dvorkin, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (humans can become infected with the leptospira bacteria when they come into contact with urine from infected animals)

- ? (Garrett believes he became infected from swimming in a waterfall in Hawaii)

- Stasis - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (Garrett spends two more weeks recovering in the hospital)

- Grateful Heart - John DeFaria [Audio Network] (the following year, Aja and Garrett get married)

- Rising Mercury 2 - Nick Ingman, Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (how to avoid contracting leptospirosis)


CASE 3

- Nocturnal Attack* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (case intro)

- Loose Chicken - David Vanacore, Matt Koskenmaki [KPM Music] (Murrieta, California/Sybil Meister is an independent businesswoman who runs a Mexican food restaurant, and her best friend is Kimberley Miller)

- Endless Summer - Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy, Richard Kimmings [Audio Network] (but the most important person in Sybil's life is her 20-year-old daughter, Koral)

- Building Bridges* - Robert Elliott [SOURCE NOT KNOWN] (Koral is now living on her own, but still lives close by to her mother)

- Sun Breaking Through (a) - Adam Burns, Christopher Salt [KPM Music] (one day in November, Sybil and Koral are cleaning up after their Thanksgiving meal)

- No Threat Too Big (Synths Only) - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (Koral rushes to the bathroom and vomits)

- Under the Influence - David Vanacore, Matt Koskenmaki [KPM Music] (a few days later, Sybil and Kimberley are having an afternoon coffee at Sybil's house when Koral stops by)

- ? (Koral complains of a headache and the light bothering her, so she closes the blinds and turns the AC down to make her head feel better, to the confusion of Sybil and Kimberley)

- ? (a few days later, Koral calls Sybil and tells her her neck hurts so bad she's unable to get off the floor)

- Drift Valley 2 - Blair Booth [Audio Network] (Koral refuses to see a doctor out of distrust and lack of faith, due to multiple family members having being unable to be helped by doctors and subsequently passing away)

- ? (Koral declines to go see a doctor)

- Danger Down Under - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (a few weeks later, Koral texts Sybil that her headache that has lasted a week is still there, and Sybil tells her she's going to take her to the E.R.)

- New Journey - Nick Bardoni, Stephen Warr [KPM Music] (Sybil takes Koral to the E.R., where the doctor determines recently coming off of birth control is the reason for Koral's symptoms)

- Diagnostic (a) - Michael Price, Nicholas Hill [KPM Music] (a few days later, friends and family gather to celebrate Sybil's birthday/Koral shows up)

- Intruder (b) - Robert Foster, Richard Wells [West One Music] (Kimberley notices Koral's arm twitching)

- Electronic Warfare* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] ("I was starting to really get worried."/twitching stops)

- Direct Witness [#43] - Laurent Juillet [APM Music] (two weeks later, Sybil receives another disturbing phone call from Koral)

- ?; Hell on Earth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Koral tells her mother she can hear "bugs" crawling in her head)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] ("It could be anything!")

- Shocking Truth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("Sybil Meister's daughter, Koral, has been experiencing uncontrollable shakes...and a sinister crawling sensation in her head.")

- ? (Sybil takes Koral to the E.R.)

- ? (neurologist Dr. Navaz Karanjia runs an MRI on Koral's brain)

- Stasis - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (MRI reveals a large amount of dead brain tissue)

- Critical Tension - Philip Guyler [Audio Network] (dead tissue on the left side of Koral's brain is in the anterior frontal lobes, explaining most of her symptoms)

- ?; Hackers Penetrating - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (Koral taken into surgery to extract a piece of the dead tissue for testing)

- Night Hunter - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Koral kept in intensive care, and three days later, the results of her brian biopsy come back revealing she has a brain-eating amoeba)

- Darkening 2 - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (balamuthia mandrillaris)

- Lethal Weapon - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("Balamuthia mandrillaris is called a free-living amoeba because of its ability to survive in a variety of environments, inside or outside the body of a host.")

- Renewal - David Kelly [Audio Network] ("The mortality rate is anywhere from 87-95%, so this is a highly lethal infection.")

- ? (Sybil decides not to tell Koral the diagnosis so she doesn't give up)

- ? (Koral placed on highly specialized antiparasitic medication, along with a catheter inserted into a hole drilled into her head to relieve her brain pressure)

- Counting Blessings - Michael Plowman [Extreme Music] (Koral appears to be improving)

- Drone Wars - Igor Dvorkin, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] ("But that night, Koral's condition nosedives."/Koral's brain pressure rises to critical levels)

- Into Battle - Benson Taylor [APM Music] ("Sybil Meister's daughter, Koral, is infected with a brain-eating amoeba called balamuthia mandrillaris.")

- Rain Clouds - Jason Mason [APM Music] (Koral's brain ultimately stops functioning, leaving her brain dead)

- Last Light 2 - Jason Pedder, Andreas Georgallis, Ben Ziapour [Audio Network] (Koral taken off life support)

- Take the Target Out - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (balamuthia mandrillaris is found in soil and freshwater, and infects humans when contaminated water, soil, or dust is inhaled through the nose or mouth)

- Controlled Environment - Brian Reidinger, Daniel Burke, Brian Casey, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (Sybil believes Koral contracted the amoeba during a trip to a desert lake)

- Feel Love 8 (60) - Bob Bradley, Matt Sanchez, Steve Dymond, Rosie Doonan [Audio Network] (today, Sybil has started a nonprofit to raise awareness of balamuthia mandrillaris in memory of Koral)

- Hostility - Robert Foster, Richard Wells [West One Music] ("Infection with balamuthia mandrillaris is extremely rare."/how to reduce the chances of becoming infected with balamuthia mandrillaris)

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