Apr 14, 2020

Girl who inspired Charlotte's Web marijuana oil dies

Posted Apr 14, 2020 3:00 PM

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado girl with a rare form of epilepsy whose recovery inspired the name of a medical marijuana oil that drew families to the state has died.

Charlotte Figi died Tuesday April 7 at the age of 13.

Her mother says she died after being hospitalized and treated as a likely coronavirus patient.

Paige Figi said her daughter suffered a seizure Tuesday that resulted in cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.

She tested negative for the coronavirus on her first hospital stay but was still treated as a likely COVID-19 case when she returned after the seizure because her whole family had been sick for a month with suspected coronavirus symptoms.