Posted on February 26, 2015 at 5:04 PM
Updated today at 5:29 PM
ST. PETERS, Mo. (KMOV.com)-- A mysterious sudden death of a mother and her adult son are raising concerns of a possibly dangerous virus.
Zach Smith, 19, and his mother Rhonda Smith, 48, both of St. Peters, died within four days of each other after being in seemingly perfect health.;
The St. Charles County Health Department has been meeting with infectious disease doctors since Rhonda Smith's death early Thursday morning at Barnes St. Peters Hospital. "They checked him in, they thought he had pneumonia, and in a very short period of time, we're talking an hour or two, they came back and told us his health was declining dramatically," said Scott Dyer, a relative of the mother and son. ..
Zach Smith went to St. Joseph's health Center Friday after feeling flu-like symptoms. Over the next two days, Smith developed infections, his organs shut down, he went into cardiac arrest and died Sunday.
"They said the explanation of death was even more to the fact they felt it was a strand of the flu from Africa," said Dyer. ..Like Zach, Rhonda had severe respiratory problems. Her heart stopped eight times and was revived before she died twelve hours after being admitted. Doctors told the Smith's family members to get tested for the flu and chest X-rays in case they had something that could have been passed to them. .. http://www.kmov.com/news/st-charles-...#ixzz3SuEzhZEe
Updated today at 5:29 PM
ST. PETERS, Mo. (KMOV.com)-- A mysterious sudden death of a mother and her adult son are raising concerns of a possibly dangerous virus.
Zach Smith, 19, and his mother Rhonda Smith, 48, both of St. Peters, died within four days of each other after being in seemingly perfect health.;
The St. Charles County Health Department has been meeting with infectious disease doctors since Rhonda Smith's death early Thursday morning at Barnes St. Peters Hospital. "They checked him in, they thought he had pneumonia, and in a very short period of time, we're talking an hour or two, they came back and told us his health was declining dramatically," said Scott Dyer, a relative of the mother and son. ..
Zach Smith went to St. Joseph's health Center Friday after feeling flu-like symptoms. Over the next two days, Smith developed infections, his organs shut down, he went into cardiac arrest and died Sunday.
"They said the explanation of death was even more to the fact they felt it was a strand of the flu from Africa," said Dyer. ..Like Zach, Rhonda had severe respiratory problems. Her heart stopped eight times and was revived before she died twelve hours after being admitted. Doctors told the Smith's family members to get tested for the flu and chest X-rays in case they had something that could have been passed to them. .. http://www.kmov.com/news/st-charles-...#ixzz3SuEzhZEe
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