Posted: July 24th, 2011 - 10:03am by Doug Powell

Five-year-old Zoey Weaver of Abingdon, Virginia, is bright, engaging and can even spell her name. She has also endured a medical nightmare. Zoey loves to draw. She's at home with her grandmother after spending 25 days at Vanderbilt after contracting E. coli

Mother Rebecca Weaver: said, "the worst time was four or five days in, she was hemorrhaging, and the doctors were very concerned."

For 25 days Zoey battled the deadly invaders. Luckily she doesn't remember much about her ordeal, but she does remember this.

Zoey Weaver: "I had wires running from here to here." PJ: "Giving you medicine?"

Zoey: "yes."

Rebecca Weaver still wonders how Zoey contracted E. coli in the first place. The whole ordeal has changed her forever.

A video of Zoey is availlable here, at WCYB.