An Ohio teenager has died from the flu.
Ryleigh Spurlock, 16, went to the doctor with “ordinary flu symptoms” on Dec. 23, but her condition quickly worsened, and she died in the hospital on Dec. 28, Cleveland 19 News reported, citing Greene County officials.
“She went from a 98.5 temperature to a 105, she went septic, she had double pneumonia, all within 24 hours, all from the flu, and it doesn’t make sense,” Ryleigh’s stepmother, Brittney, said to the outlet.
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Within hours of arriving at the hospital, Ryleigh was declared brain dead, her family told Cleveland 19 News.
“She hadn’t had a pulse for 50 minutes. They were doing chest compressions, but she was brain dead,” Brittany said of Ryleigh.
The 16-year-old had not received her flu shot before her death, according to Cleveland 19 News.
Ryleigh’s sister, Kyleigh, recalled the teen’s symptoms to Cleveland 19 News, stating that she had been “coughing and choking on her own blood.”
When Ryleigh arrived at the hospital, Kyleigh told the outlet that doctors said “she was going to get worse before she got better.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that there have been over seven million cases of the flu this season, resulting in an estimated 81,000 hospitalizations and 3,100 deaths.
PEOPLE has contacted Greene County officials for comment.