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Christiansburg High School student's death
Lexie Stump, 15, died Thursday of pneumonia. According to her grandmother, doctors said she had symptoms of swine flu.
By Anna L. Mallory
The family of a Christiansburg High School student who died last week plan to have tests performed to determine if she had the H1N1 virus.
Funeral services for Lexie Elizabeth Stump, 15, were held Monday at New Hope Church of God in Christiansburg.
About 300 people attended, more than half of them teenagers, pastor Michael Bond said.
Bond said Stump was a lively girl who "loved life."
Stump died Thursday at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She had been hospitalized for 25 days after contracting a high fever and deep cough, maternal grandmother Mary Hinkley said.
Stump lived in Radford with her father, James Stump. Before that, she had attended schools in Floyd County.
Although it's unknown if she had the flu virus, "her father said he wants to get the message across about the swine flu," Hinkley said.
Her grandmother said her bubbly granddaughter liked to dance and be with friends.
"Her friends was everything to her," she said. "Her little fingers never stopped texting to people."
Christiansburg High School Principal Rhonda Poindexter said that the school had no plans Monday for a memorial service.
Before she got sick, Stump was very healthy, Hinkley said.
"You couldn't have known a more healthy person than who she was," she said.
When her fever would not subside, she was admitted to the hospital, and doctors determined she had pneumonia in both lungs, Hinkley said.
Doctors didn't test for the flu virus because "she was too far gone with pneumonia," Hinkley said.
"Doctors were 95 percent sure she had it. All the symptoms were that."
Symptoms of the virus include high fever, dizziness and nausea.
The Virginia Department of Health reports that 29 deaths in the state have been linked to confirmed H1N1 patients.
Robert Parker, a spokesman for the health department's New River District, said Monday that no deaths from H1N1 have been reported in the district this year.
The health department records only cases determined by lab tests. In some cases, doctors will make diagnoses based solely on symptoms.
Official lab test results in some cases can take weeks to be returned.
Supplies of the H1N1 vaccine have been limited. Some students in some elementary schools in Montgomery County received the vaccine, but then supplies ran short, according to interim Superintendent Walt Shannon.
"I strongly believe, and I've been trying to urge all parents with teens, if they can get it [the H1N1 vaccine] to get it," Hinkley said.
Christiansburg High School student's death
Lexie Stump, 15, died Thursday of pneumonia. According to her grandmother, doctors said she had symptoms of swine flu.
By Anna L. Mallory
The family of a Christiansburg High School student who died last week plan to have tests performed to determine if she had the H1N1 virus.
Funeral services for Lexie Elizabeth Stump, 15, were held Monday at New Hope Church of God in Christiansburg.
About 300 people attended, more than half of them teenagers, pastor Michael Bond said.
Bond said Stump was a lively girl who "loved life."
Stump died Thursday at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She had been hospitalized for 25 days after contracting a high fever and deep cough, maternal grandmother Mary Hinkley said.
Stump lived in Radford with her father, James Stump. Before that, she had attended schools in Floyd County.
Although it's unknown if she had the flu virus, "her father said he wants to get the message across about the swine flu," Hinkley said.
Her grandmother said her bubbly granddaughter liked to dance and be with friends.
"Her friends was everything to her," she said. "Her little fingers never stopped texting to people."
Christiansburg High School Principal Rhonda Poindexter said that the school had no plans Monday for a memorial service.
Before she got sick, Stump was very healthy, Hinkley said.
"You couldn't have known a more healthy person than who she was," she said.
When her fever would not subside, she was admitted to the hospital, and doctors determined she had pneumonia in both lungs, Hinkley said.
Doctors didn't test for the flu virus because "she was too far gone with pneumonia," Hinkley said.
"Doctors were 95 percent sure she had it. All the symptoms were that."
Symptoms of the virus include high fever, dizziness and nausea.
The Virginia Department of Health reports that 29 deaths in the state have been linked to confirmed H1N1 patients.
Robert Parker, a spokesman for the health department's New River District, said Monday that no deaths from H1N1 have been reported in the district this year.
The health department records only cases determined by lab tests. In some cases, doctors will make diagnoses based solely on symptoms.
Official lab test results in some cases can take weeks to be returned.
Supplies of the H1N1 vaccine have been limited. Some students in some elementary schools in Montgomery County received the vaccine, but then supplies ran short, according to interim Superintendent Walt Shannon.
"I strongly believe, and I've been trying to urge all parents with teens, if they can get it [the H1N1 vaccine] to get it," Hinkley said.