Katie Hnida, who made U.S. history as the first woman to play and score in Division I-A college football, has suffered a life-threatening reaction to antibiotics, her family says.
Hnida, an athlete-turned-advocate for survivors of sexual assault, became ill in September after taking an antibiotic often prescribed for a common illness, her father, Dave Hnida, told The Washington Post. He said Thursday in a phone interview that Hnida had an adverse reaction that caused her kidneys and liver to start shutting down and her bone marrow to stop functioning properly.
After weeks of treatment, including emergency dialysis, Hnida is stable and expected to recover in the coming months, though her father called her prognosis “cautious.