Nation Flu blinds, nearly kills 4-year-old girl: ‘There were no warning signs,’ mom says January 15, 2020 Sarah Kay LeBlanc, USA TODAY Comments Off on Flu blinds, nearly kills 4-year-old girl: ‘There were no warning signs,’ mom says Jade DeLucia's low fever and runny nose nearly turned fatal when influenza traveled to her brain. She's alive, but is blind from flu complications.