Red Wine Appreciation Night

Jimmy recalled, “We were sitting, having a bit of a red wine appreciation night, trying to act as grown-ups and a slug came crawling across. The conversation came up, ‘Should I eat it?’ Off Sam went. Bang. That’s how it happened.”

Living In The Moment

As days passed, this incident became famous among the teammates’ families and friends. Everyone was still listening about Sam’s action with loads of laughs and unbelievable reactions. While it was one hot burning topic for everyone who knew Sam, on the other hand, Sam started to feel sickly.

Falling Ill

A couple of days after Sam ate the Slug, he started feeling pain in his legs. With days, the pain became worse enough that it became hard for Sam to walk. Katie Ballard, his mother took him to the hospital. Sam was worried if it were all symptoms of eating a Slug when his mother said, “No-one gets sick from that.”

A Series Of Tests

Doctors took Sam’s blood sample and conducted several tests. However, they couldn’t tell the exact reason behind Sam’s pain. Katie insisted that it couldn’t be because of a slug, unfortunately, Sam’s gut feeling was about to be proven right.

A Serious Disease

When doctors finally zeroed in on what disease Sam was suffering from, it was too late. Sam was suffering from eosinophilic meningitis and it started to affect his nervous system. There was nothing that they could have done about it as the disease already had started to erode his brain.

Parasite’s Side Effects

The parasites that reside inside slugs can cause headaches, high fevers, muscle aches, and skin allergies. However, Sam’s case was completely different as his symptoms weren’t ordinary. So far, Sam’s case is one of the worst cases to be recorded with the impact of eating a slug.