Michigan boy whose legs were amputated after severe flu case shares story, urges all to get shot

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A young Michigan boy is issuing a warning about the flu, after a case of it changed his whole life.

Now, he's helping others try to avoid what happened to him.

Three years ago, the boy lost both his legs due to complications from the flu.

"Ended up finding out he has strep, flu and he was septic," mother Michele Stevenson said.

All of it led to a severe infection in 7-year-old Kaden Stevenson's bloodstream, forcing doctors to amputate his legs.

But during rehab, specialists helped Stevenson recover and regain his confidence.

And now, three years later, he's turning his experience into a superpower.

With help from the advocacy group Families Fighting Flu, Stevenson's story has been transformed into a comic book called "Kaden Blaze Fights Flu Bug."

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