Just hours after feeling flu-like symptoms, Pearland teacher suddenly dies

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The Pearland community is mourning the loss of a popular teacher, who died within hours after becoming ill.

Tracie Burroughs, who taught Spanish at Pearland High School and was its 2013 Teacher of the Year, died Feb. 11, according to a school district statement.

"Pearland ISD is deeply saddened by the death of one of our employees," said the statement issued Thursday.

Burroughs, 47, had worked nine years for the district.

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Although he didn't know details of her illness, Bady said Burroughs apparently began feeling ill at school on Feb. 10 and went to an urgent-care clinic in the afternoon, reporting flu-like symptoms.

During the night she began feeling worse and collapsed at home about 3 a.m. Feb. 11, Bady said. An ambulance took her to Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, he said.


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Re: Just hours after feeling flu-like symptoms, Pearland teacher suddenly dies


Mysterious illness takes life of popular teacher in less than 24 hours

Students at Pearland High School are mourning the loss of a popular teacher who died Tuesday from a still-undetermined illness resembling the flu.

Tracie Burroughs, who was honored with the school's 2013 Teacher of the Year award, came home from work on Monday afternoon with flu-like symptoms.

As the evening progressed and her condition steadily worsened, the 47-year old Spanish instructor was rushed to Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 4:15 a.m. the following morning.

Burroughs' husband tells KTRK Channel 13 his wife had not traveled recently, was not diabetic and had no known preexisting conditions ? characteristics that normally put an individual at risk for serious complications from influenza. She leaves behind two children.

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