'Super healthy' teenager battles kidney failure within weeks after eating McDonald's quarter pounder which is deadly E. coli outbreaks

A Colorado teenager was hospitalized for kidney failure after allegedly chowing down on a McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese in the weeks leading up to the fast food chain's deadly E.coli outbreak.

Camberlynn Bowler, 15, a freshman and softball player at Grand Junction High School, had a clean bill of health until mid-October, when she began exhibiting flu-like symptoms, including a high fever and abdominal pain, according to NBC News.

“We both thought I had a fever, like the flu or something — a stomach bug,” Bowler told the outlet.

“But then I started throwing up, had diarrhea, and it was bloody, so it scared me.”

His local doctor believed it might be his appendix and recommended he be taken to the emergency room, said his mother, Brittany Randall.

However, hospital scans showed nothing significant, so the teenager was brought home – but her symptoms worsened.

“I think it was day six that he said: 'Something's not right. i don't feel good I have to go back to the hospital,'” her mother shared.

During her second visit, a test revealed that the teenager had a severe E. Kidney failure due to coli infection.

Boller was diagnosed with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), an E. A rare complication of coli infection.

He was then flown 250 miles away to Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora.

It was then revealed that the teenager had been to McDonald's multiple times in the weeks before she started feeling ill, ordering her favorite meal: a Quarter Pounder with cheese and extra pickles.

Bowler is now one of at least 75 people, 22 of whom were hospitalized, believed to have been sickened by the sliced ​​onions on top of the famous burger.

Eleven of those infected in the outbreak are from Mesa County — where Bowler lives — and one has died, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

“It's definitely been a roller coaster from the time we've gotten here so far. Every day there's new tests or new things that pop up, or it's basically just seeing his body not working right,” Randall told the outlet.

Randall said her daughter's kidneys have started to show “some signs” of functioning since she was admitted to the hospital.

It is still unclear, however, how much damage has already been done and how it will affect teenagers in the future.

“He's super healthy and probably has no problem with kidney damage for the rest of his life,” Randall told the outlet.

A McDonald's spokesperson told NBC News that stories like Bowler's are “devastating to us” and that “the well-being of our customers is deeply important to us.”

The mother and daughter now plan to sue McDonald's.

Multiple lawsuits have already been filed against McDonald's over the E. coli quarter pounder outbreak

Food poisoning lawyer Ron Simon, who represents teenagers and 32 others in 10 states, told NBC News that he has received hundreds of calls since the outbreak began.

“There are going to be a lot more cases than 75 in this outbreak,” Simon said.

Last Wednesday, the day after federal health agencies reported the E. coli outbreak, customer visits to McDonald's nationwide dropped 6.4% and in Colorado 24%. By Friday, 10% of visits were in the US and 33% in Colorado.

McDonald's removed quarter pounders from its menu but said the Colorado Department of Agriculture said a sample of the company's beef patties contained E. This week they will start selling burgers without onions after testing negative for coli