Four-year-old Texas boy tragically dies ONE WEEK after going swimming with his family in rare 'dry-drowning' case

Four-year-old Texas boy tragically dies ONE WEEK after going swimming with his family in rare 'dry-drowning' case

Boy, 4, dies in rare dry drowning case

Francisco Delgado III died on Saturday, about a week after he went to the Texas City Dike with his family to go swimming. Doctors told the four-year-old's parents that he died of dry drowning. Dry drowning is a rare medical emergency, in which water is inhaled into the body, but it can take hours and days to kill. The symptoms include coughing, chest pain and fatigue.

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