Rocky Mountain spotted fever has been known to kill those infected with it, with 75 per cent mortality rates if left untreated, according to Mayo Clinic.
If caught and treated in the first several days it kills less than one per cent of those affected by the disease that damages and inflames blood vessels.
It is carried most commonly by the American Dog Tick, with central states such as Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma seeing the most cases.
Symptoms of the disease include fatigue, fever, headache, vomiting and muscle soreness.
Rogers’s condition deteriorated, but she wasn’t taken to the hospital during the first five days of symptoms, when treatment is most effective.
One of the most commons signs of RMSF is the development of a rash around the wrists and ankles, but family said that Rogers did not receive any of the small pink dots.
Tests for West Nile Virus and meningitis both came back negative as the mother developed a blood clot in her lungs.
Doctors have also put the patient on dialysis to prevent her kidneys from failing, according to the Shawnee News-Star.