Man Left Bedridden After Accidentally Eating Slug on Free Hawaiian Trip

Man Left Bedridden After Accidentally Eating Slug on Free Hawaiian Trip
A type of slug that might carry the rat lungworm. Screenshot via Hawaii Department of Health
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A Florida man thought his ‘free’ Hawaiian trip with his wife was going to be perfect. What he didn’t expect was to return with an incurable parasitic disease that left him bedridden for months.

Ron Fields, who was 62 at the time, had saved up enough credit card reward points so that he could take a relaxing vacation with his wife, Darlene, in Hawaii.