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Twin brothers from Camano Island remain in the intensive care unit of Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, three weeks after first being hospitalized for swine flu.
Steve Wolfe has been removed from a ventilator and was awake but weak Thursday, his mother, Carla Wolfe, said. He may be transferred out of the intensive care unit today, she said.
His brother, Mike Wolfe, remains on the ventilator and "is still very serious," she said.
The brothers, 31, are two of five people being treated at the Everett hospital for influenza Thursday, said spokeswoman Cheri Russum.
Meanwhile, Snohomish County has recorded its first influenza death this flu season.
A 52-year-old man died at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett on Tuesday from the flu, although it was not H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, Russum said.
The man had unspecified underlying health conditions and had recently lived in both Lynnwood and Everett, said Suzanne Pate, Snohomish Health District spokeswoman.
He is the second person in Snohomish or Island counties to die of influenza this year.
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Steve Wolfe has been removed from a ventilator and was awake but weak Thursday, his mother, Carla Wolfe, said. He may be transferred out of the intensive care unit today, she said.
His brother, Mike Wolfe, remains on the ventilator and "is still very serious," she said.
The brothers, 31, are two of five people being treated at the Everett hospital for influenza Thursday, said spokeswoman Cheri Russum.
Meanwhile, Snohomish County has recorded its first influenza death this flu season.
A 52-year-old man died at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett on Tuesday from the flu, although it was not H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, Russum said.
The man had unspecified underlying health conditions and had recently lived in both Lynnwood and Everett, said Suzanne Pate, Snohomish Health District spokeswoman.
He is the second person in Snohomish or Island counties to die of influenza this year.
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http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110325/NEWS01/703259856