A resident of Maine, 80-year-old Arlene Crabtree, passed away in June after a delayed diagnosis of tick-borne babesiosis.

Her daughter Deborah Crabtree gave the following account to a Maine TV station: ”My mom was diagnosed with what we thought was a UTI. So, she was on antibiotics for it, but she was only able to take like two doses because she couldn’t swallow, and I took her to the ER and because she couldn’t swallow the antibiotics, but I knew it was something different because she got all shaky.”

According to Deborah, by the time her mom was diagnosed with babesiosis, “it was a little late for the medicine at that point. And she died two days later.”

Now Deborah wants to help raise awareness about babesiosis. See more in the following report from WABI-5 TV: