The death of a 5-year-old Nashville boy who had the H1N1 virus has put parents on alert to look for the slightest signs that their child might be sick.
Max Gomez, who was a student at Henry Maxwell Elementary School in Antioch, became ill Friday and was admitted to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Monday. He died the same day. The state testing lab confirmed Wednesday that the boy had the H1N1 virus.
An initial autopsy did not indicate other health problems, though results will not be final for another 60 days.
Hallee Cartwright died just before 6 a.m. Friday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, hospital officials confirmed. The cause is believed to be complications of the flu and a bacterial infection.
Officials with Vanderbilt said she had been transported from Middle Tennessee Medical Center some time earlier that morning.
“She’s one of the most loved, beautiful, loving, tender-hearted students at (Providence Christian Academy),” said Murfreesboro Realtor John C. Jones, whose son Jack was a close friend of Hallee’s. The children have attended school together for eight years. “This has devastated our school.”
A 9-year-old Albemarle County boy who had been diagnosed with a flu-like illness died Saturday at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Carson Raymond, a third-grader at Woodbrook Elementary School, had an underlying heart condition, his parents said Sunday. It was not known over the weekend if he had the novel influenza A H1N1 strain, also known as swine flu.
Albemarle County schools spokeswoman Maury Brown said that counselors will be at Woodbrook today to help students, teachers and others cope with the grief of losing Carson.
Dr. Lilian Peake, director of the Thomas Jefferson Health District, said she could not comment on the boy’s case but did confirm that a child diagnosed with flu-like symptoms had died.
Bryan's family is still incredibly devastated and shocked by his death. Bryan started showing symptoms of the H1N1 virus on Sept. 17. Just six says later he had died. Dominguez says he had no idea how sick his son had become.
"We said today, 'How do you feel.' (He said) 'Ah, I feel a little better,' and then, 'I'm okay,' and then 'I'm fine,'" Dominguez said. "But we could see that he was not looking good."
That was the last time Bryan spoke to his parents. He had become so sick that he could barely eat. The next morning Dominguez went to check on him and Bryan wasn't moving. He was then taken to the hospital.
The community has already raised $13,000 to help the Pineda family with expenses. More fundraising is expected.
Children are the super spreaders. I sure hope they are pushing to vaccinate them early. I think parents will be hesitant though because of all the fear propaganda about vaccines. It's sad.
Summer Rockefeller, 10, died of complications associated with the new virus while being treated at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins said.
Members of Harlem Baptist Church, including Columbia County school board member Roxanne Whitaker, will hold a spaghetti supper Nov. 5 at the church to help Summer’s family defray some of her medical expenses. “Their medical bill, I’ve been told, is over $3 million,” Mrs. Whitaker said. Summer initially was treated at the Medical College of Georgia Children’s Medical Center but was later transferred to Egleston, Mr. Collins said.
At Egleston, Summer underwent four surgeries and spent two months in intensive care, Mrs. Whitaker said. During that time, her parents, Brian and Elizabeth Anderson Rockefeller, remained in the Atlanta area, Mrs. Whitaker said. “They (Summer’s parents) have lost their home and everything else due to them losing their jobs and having no money to pay the bills,” Mrs. Whitaker said.
Raymond began feeling sick a week ago and his family suspected the H1N1 virus. He lost his battle with the flu Saturday at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Raymond had a pre-existing condition that made him susceptible to the flu. He was hospitalized more than two years ago from Influenza B, the most common flu strand.
His family says the doctors at UVA worked tirelessly to try and save Raymond. They say the young boy loved baseball and had a great sense of humor.
Raymond's blood work will be sent to Boston Children's Hospital in the hope the hope doctors can find out more about the condition that made him more vulnerable to the virus.
A 5-year-old girl with no known underlying medical conditions has died of swine flu, San Diego County health officials said Wednesday.
Officials with the county's Health and Human Services Agency scheduled a news conference Wednesday afternoon to discuss the case. No further details were immediately available, including where in the county the girl lived.
Dr. Wilma Wooten, county public health officer, and Dr. John Bradley, director of the Division of Infectious Disease for Rady Children's Hospital, will attend the news conference.
A 5-year-old kindergartner from Otay Mesa died of swine flu, San Diego County public health officials said Wednesday.
The girl, whose name was withheld, was sick for 48 hours before she went to a hospital Saturday, where she died within an hour, Dr. Wilma Wooten said.
Dr. John Bradley, an infectious diseases specialist at Rady Children's Hospital, said the girl did not have any underlying medical conditions but was much sicker than most patients when she arrived at the emergency room.
She cried, passed out, and her heart stopped, Bradley said. Doctors resuscitated her, but she had a severe infection in her heart, the doctor said.
Tuesday, the health unit was notified that tests on two individuals were positive for the H1N1 subtype of influenza A in Timmins.
Dr. Susan Kaczmarek, the Medical Officer of Health for the Porcupine Health Unit, said: "We have been informed that these tests were conducted on two male adolescents. One of these individuals was hospitalized and we learned this morning that this young person has passed away. The second individual is recovering at home."
The health unit will be working with area schools and school boards to assist them in providing information about the H1N1 virus to concerned staff, students and parents.
A Big Country 8th grader has died from the H1N1-flu.
According to Rotan Superintendent Kent Ruffin, Michael Soliz became sick several weeks ago. Soliz was taken to Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, where he was in critical condition. After 3 weeks, Ruffins said his family took him off life support.
Along with the swine flu, the boy also had pneumonia and staph infection.
Counselors met with students today. The Rotan Funeral Home will be meeting with the family tomorrow morning to make the arrangements.
Funeral services were held Wednesday for 4-year-old Geato McCarty. McCarty died on Saturday as a result of the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.
Geato was a pre-K student at Cooper Elementary School in East Tulsa. It's making parents very nervous. Jennifer Rogers is picking her kids up from school.
"My kids go to Cooper Elementary. I have an 11-year-old in fifth grade and a 9-year-old in fourth grade," explains Rogers.
But things at Cooper Elementary are different now, after it was confirmed that 4 year old pre-k student, Geato McCarty, died from H1N1 swine flu.
A Laclede County teen with a potential case of H1N1 influenza died Thursday at a Springfield hospital, according to the state health department.
The girl, whose age was not released, tested positive for a rapid test of influenza A, which usually turn out to be cases of swine flu, according to Kit Wagar, spokesman with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
State health officials learned Thursday the girl began to have flu-like symptoms on Tuesday, checked into a Laclede County emergency room in Wednesday before being transported to an undisclosed Springfield hospital, where she died sometime Thursday, Wagar said.
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