This young boy died in about 34 hours of being sent home from school!
Confirmed: FBX boy died positive for H1N1
September 7, 2009
According to multiple sources, a Fairbanks boy has died apparenly from contracting the Swine Flu virus. The Anchorage Daily News seems to have the most comprehensive account. In it, health officials say the boy was sent home from school on Thursday with flu-like symptoms and was admitted to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital on Friday morning. The boy's condition kept rapidly worsening, and he died on Friday night after being medivacked to Anchorage. Later, he tested positive for the virus H1N1. Health officials are still conducting tests to determine whether or not there were underlying factors in the boy's death, but at this point, they think the virus likely caused it. Read the ADN account here (but take the headline's certain statement of causality with a tiny grain of salt).
Officials confirm Fairbanks boy died of swine flu
H1N1: Ten-year-old was healthy before illness; his death is second in state.
By LISA DEMER
ldemer@adn.com
Published: September 6th, 2009 06:25 PM
Last Modified: September 6th, 2009 11:31 PM
...The boy who died Friday had been healthy, and his quick decline concerns professionals. They are checking whether an opportunistic bacterial infection may have invaded his flu-weakened system.
He was sent home by the nurse from Hunter Elementary around noon on Thursday; he had been coughing and had a fever and chest pain, Funk said. His family took him to an urgent care clinic, where he was given a prescription for an anti-viral medicine. But the child continued to worsen. Early Friday, he was admitted to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.
"He became confused and less responsive. His oxygen level in his blood deteriorated," Funk said.
That same day, the boy was flown to Providence Alaska Medical Center. Doctors tried major resuscitative efforts but he died Friday night around 10:30. No one else in his family is ill, officials said.
It's unusual for an otherwise healthy child to die from swine flu, though not unheard of, Funk said....
Confirmed: FBX boy died positive for H1N1
September 7, 2009
According to multiple sources, a Fairbanks boy has died apparenly from contracting the Swine Flu virus. The Anchorage Daily News seems to have the most comprehensive account. In it, health officials say the boy was sent home from school on Thursday with flu-like symptoms and was admitted to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital on Friday morning. The boy's condition kept rapidly worsening, and he died on Friday night after being medivacked to Anchorage. Later, he tested positive for the virus H1N1. Health officials are still conducting tests to determine whether or not there were underlying factors in the boy's death, but at this point, they think the virus likely caused it. Read the ADN account here (but take the headline's certain statement of causality with a tiny grain of salt).
Officials confirm Fairbanks boy died of swine flu
H1N1: Ten-year-old was healthy before illness; his death is second in state.
By LISA DEMER
ldemer@adn.com
Published: September 6th, 2009 06:25 PM
Last Modified: September 6th, 2009 11:31 PM
...The boy who died Friday had been healthy, and his quick decline concerns professionals. They are checking whether an opportunistic bacterial infection may have invaded his flu-weakened system.
He was sent home by the nurse from Hunter Elementary around noon on Thursday; he had been coughing and had a fever and chest pain, Funk said. His family took him to an urgent care clinic, where he was given a prescription for an anti-viral medicine. But the child continued to worsen. Early Friday, he was admitted to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.
"He became confused and less responsive. His oxygen level in his blood deteriorated," Funk said.
That same day, the boy was flown to Providence Alaska Medical Center. Doctors tried major resuscitative efforts but he died Friday night around 10:30. No one else in his family is ill, officials said.
It's unusual for an otherwise healthy child to die from swine flu, though not unheard of, Funk said....