A 14-year-old St. Louis Park girl is fighting for her life as she battles the flu and its complications; died 01/08/13

[tetano]

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (WCCO) ? A 14-year-old St. Louis Park girl is fighting for her life as she battles the flu and its complications.

Carly Christenson had gotten sick coming home after basketball practice before Christmas. And she had already gotten the flu shot.

Children?s Hospitals and Clinic is reporting that last week they saw more flu patients than they saw during the worst week of the H1N1 outbreak three years ago.

Figures from the Minnesota Department of Health say that since the start of the outbreak, nearly 600 have been hospitalized and four people have died.

Part of the problem is this particular strain of Type A flu. It is the H3N2 strain and health care workers say it is making people far sicker than other types of influenza.

Christenson has now developed a serious staph infection, and is hospitalized at Children?s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.

?We had one of the doctors tell us point blank that our kid is the sickest kid in the state right now,? said mother Sandy Christenson.

RN Patsy Stinchfield, the Director of Infectious Disease at Children?s, says the fact that Christenson got so sick even after getting the vaccine should not keep people from getting vaccinated.

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[Emily]

Re: A 14-year-old St. Louis Park girl is fighting for her life as she battles the flu and its complications

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http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/01/03/twin-cities-teen-with-flu-fighting-for-her-life/

Twin Cities Teen With Flu Fighting For Her Life
January 3, 2013 7:02 AM
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Reporting Chris Simon
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ? It?s a parent?s worst nightmare: Your child is that one in a million the flu vaccine doesn?t work for.
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Carly, who plays basketball on the freshman sophomore team at St. Louis Park High School, returned home from practice Dec. 20, complaining of a bad sore throat. A quick visit to urgent care and doctors believed it was just a mild infection.

They prescribed Prednisone and sent her home. After all, Carly had no obvious signs of influenza and she had been vaccinated in August, so her parents didn?t give it second thought...

I wonder if that could be true that a doctor prescribed Prednisone rather than antibiotics for a sore throat? If it is true, couldn't that be the reason her immune system had a hard time beating pathogens?

 

[Catbird]

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UPDATE: St. Louis Park girl, 14, dies of flu complications

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 4:12 PM EST

"Family and friends are mourning the loss of a 14-year-old St. Louis Park girl who died from complications of the flu despite being vaccinated in August.

...Patsy Stinchfield, the director of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital, described Christensen's condition as "gravely ill" on Jan. 3, adding that equipment was being employed to support her heart, lung and kidneys while the teen struggled with severe flu symptoms. "

 

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/st...n=Carly-Christenson&pid=162264338#fbLoggedOut

Obituary
Christenson, Carly Evelyn age 14, passed away on Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis from complications from Influenza...