11-Year-Old Boy Dies, A/H1N1 Flu Suspected- CONFIRMED

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Source: http://www.fox4kc.com/wdaf-11-year-old-death-102009,0,3474207.story

11-Year-Old Boy Dies, Swine Flu Suspected
Posted by: Sarah Clark, Web Producer
October 20, 2009

OAK GROVE, MO - An 11-year-old Oak Grove, Mo. boy died of sudden illness. Jordan Smith had just turned 11 on Thursday, Oct. 15. Three days later he passed away.

An Oak Grove parent emailed FOX 4 saying she was told his death was from H1N1, but officials have not confirmed that. So far, there has been no official ruling on what caused his death. The Jackson County medical examiner is scheduled to perform an autopsy.

Jordan was a fifth grader at Maple Elementary in the Oak Grove school district and was from a large family, leaving behind both his parents and five siblings.

Jordan's memorial is set for Friday, Oct. 23. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. with services at 2 p.m. at Royer Funeral Home in Grain Valley. Jordan's parents request that instead of sending flowers, make a memorial contributions to Children's Mercy Hospital.

 

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Oak Grove Student, 11, Dies After Illness

OAK GROVE, Mo. -- An 11-year-old Oak Grove student has died after being sick last week.

Jordan Smith, a fifth-grader, died on Sunday at Children's Mercy Hospital.A classmate said Jordan had a fever and he had missed several days of school."It's very scary. My teacher, she was talking about it at the end of the day, about how scary it was, and so was the principal this morning," student Marcus Cox told KMBC's Marcus Moore.Counselors were called to Maple Elementary School on Monday to help students.The case has not yet been ruled an influenza death. An autopsy will be conducted by the Jackson County medical examiner.A visitation for Jordan will be held from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Royer Funeral Home in Grain Valley. A memorial service is at 2 p.m. at Royer.

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Oak Grove boy?s death under investigation

By BRIAN BURNES
The Kansas City Star

The Jackson County medical examiner is conducting tests to determine what killed an 11-year-old Oak Grove boy, county officials confirmed today.

?Any results likely will not be available for several days,? said Jeph BurroughsScanlon, a county spokesman.

Jordan Smith, a student at Maple Elementary School, died Sunday. His death prompted a Sunday afternoon meeting of the Oak Grove School District crisis team, said Superintendent Freddie Doherty.

?After we discussed the situation, I sent out a recorded message to all of our parents on Sunday night, informing them of the death and saying that counselors would be available in the elementary for those who needed it,? Doherty said.

Counselors visited with the Maple Elementary fifth-grade class on Monday.

Jordan was absent from school last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, said Doherty, who declined to confirm that the boy suffered from a flu-related illnesses. But, Doherty added, Oak Grove district officials earlier this year were alerted by county health officials to the heightened flu threat and have been emphasizing preventative measures since the start of the semester.

He believes those efforts have been paying off.

?Last Friday was the first day that our attendance has not been over 90 percent,? he said.

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Source: http://www.examiner.net/news/x730415387/Cause-of-boys-death-confirmed-H1N

Cause of boy's death confirmed H1N1

By Michael Glover - michael.glover@examiner.net
The Examiner
Posted Dec 09, 2009 @ 01:27 AM
Last update Dec 09, 2009 @ 01:43 AM
Oak Grove, MO ?

Jackson County announced Tuesday that H1N1 killed an 11-year-old Oak Grove boy in October.

Jordan Smith, a fifth grader at Maple Elementary, died from complications of the influenza A infection. His manner of death was natural, according to a Jackson County spokesman.

Smith died on Oct. 18 from an undisclosed illness. At the time, it was suspected that H1N1 played a part in his death but an official cause of death wasn?t known until the Jackson County Medical Examiner?s Office conducted an autopsy.

A classmate had told a Kansas City TV station that Jordan had a fever and had missed several days of school.

Unlike seasonal flu, the new virus has disproportionately afflicted young people, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

Just less than half of Missouri?s flu cases have occurred in children age 5 to 14 that contributed to 61 school closings so far this year. Nearly 77 percent of Missouri?s flu cases have been among people 24 years old or younger.

The department is encouraging local health departments to begin offering the vaccine to anyone who requests it. Shipments of the vaccine arrived to the department on Tuesday.

The new policy will make the vaccine available for the first time to seniors and other healthy adults. Until now, limited supplies of the vaccine forced health departments to restrict the vaccine to groups that were hardest hit by the new flu strain, including infants, children and pregnant women.