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Dec 20, 2022 · Alice Tapper said that while her story did not have a tragic ending, such is not the case for many other children, including 5-year-old Elspeth Moore, who died in 2018 from peritonitis, sepsis...
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Dec 16, 2022 · Jake Tapper’s daughter, Alice Tapper, has revealed that she “almost died” from appendicitis and how her medical condition was misdiagnosed.
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Aug 25, 2023 · Alice and her mother, Jennifer Tapper, spoke out Thursday during a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention media briefing aimed at raising public awareness of the risk of sepsis.
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FRIDAY, Aug. 25, 2023 -- Alice Tapper felt deathly ill, suffering from severe abdominal pain, a 102-degree fever and vomiting.
Emergency room doctors found that Alice -- the daughter of CNN anchor Jake Tapper -- had a rapid pulse of 135 beats per minute and a very high white blood cell count, indicating her body was fighting off a severe infection.
The doctors gave her IV fluids … and that was it.
"We were told this was a viral infection and that we essentially needed to wait it out," said Alice, now 15 and a high school junior in Washington, D.C. "My parents consulted with multiple doctors about what could be done and asked about possible treatments and more tests, but we were told that none were needed."
In fact, Alice had developed sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which a severe infection triggers a chain reaction in the body that can lead to organ failure.
Alice and her mother, Jennifer Tapper, spoke out Thursday during a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention media briefing aimed at raising public awareness of the risk of sepsis.
•Mandy Cohen MD, MPH, director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
•Chris DeRienzo, MD, chief physician executive, American Hospital Association, Chicago
•Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc, associate professor, pulmonary and critical care medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
•Raymund Dantes, MD, CDC medical adviser, Atlanta
•Alice and Jennifer Tapper, Washington D.C.
•Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Aug. 25, 2023
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Dec 20, 2022 · Jake Tapper says she was finally diagnosed — a delay she says was nearly fatal. Journalist Jake Tapper / Credit: Jim Spellman. Tapper, now 15, penned an op-ed for CNN about this...
Dec 19, 2022 · Jake Tapper's daughter, 15, pens op-ed about 'almost dying' after misdiagnosis. 's daughter, Alice Tapper, opened up about her appendicitis misdiagnosis — and how she says it almost cost her...
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Dec 20, 2022 · CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s 15-year-old daughter, Alice Tapper, has opened up about how she says she “almost died” from appendicitis last year after being misdiagnosed. Alice wrote an op-ed for...
