JimO
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HealthFirst: Deadly H1N1 flu
Friday, February 04, 2011
...This is the first time Jason Martin has been back to thank the people who saved his life. This journal details the 20 days he spent in the ICU, hit hard by H1N1. "I was vomiting constantly and had a really high fever," Martin said.
Before Martin, this strain killed nine people on this same floor. Doctors knew the very young and very old were at risk, but what happened to the ones in between?...
...More at link above
Comment - Jason Martin got sick last September at Vanderbilt Hospital. The article mentions nine other deaths that occurred on the same floor before Martin. I can't tell if these deaths occurred in the spring or if there was a wave of illness in late summer. TN hasn't reported any influenza deaths this season.
HealthFirst: Deadly H1N1 flu
Friday, February 04, 2011
...This is the first time Jason Martin has been back to thank the people who saved his life. This journal details the 20 days he spent in the ICU, hit hard by H1N1. "I was vomiting constantly and had a really high fever," Martin said.
Before Martin, this strain killed nine people on this same floor. Doctors knew the very young and very old were at risk, but what happened to the ones in between?...
...More at link above
Comment - Jason Martin got sick last September at Vanderbilt Hospital. The article mentions nine other deaths that occurred on the same floor before Martin. I can't tell if these deaths occurred in the spring or if there was a wave of illness in late summer. TN hasn't reported any influenza deaths this season.