Knoxville nurse's death possibly linked to A/H1N1-CONFIRMED

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Source: http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/59389212.html

Updated: 5:50 PM Sep 15, 2009
Knoxville nurse's death possibly linked to swine flu
The family of a Seymour nurse who worked in Knoxville says complications from H1N1 led to her death.
Posted: 5:50 PM Sep 15, 2009
Reporter: Amber Miller
Email Address: amber.miller@wvlt-tv.com

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The family of a Seymour nurse who worked in Knoxville says complications from H1N1 led to her death.

Tina Vick, 43, was a wife and mother of two.

She was healthy up until she came home from work with a fever of 102 degrees about two weeks ago.

Today, her mom told Volunteer TV that after four days with a fever, she went to UT Medical Center but she never recovered.

Tina Vick was in the hospital for a week and five days.

Her mom says she also got double pneumonia and was on a ventilator.

Toward the end, she seemed to improve-- her fever went away, but then she suddenly got worse than before.

Vick died on Saturday.

Her abrupt death has been hard on everyone close to her.

Her co-workers at Select Specialty Hospital at St. Mary's say they're shocked.

Vick's mom says that Tuesday is Tina's older son's birthday. He turns 15.

The younger son turns 12 next month.

Tina Vick's death is not a confirmed case of H1N1, swine flu, and the double pneumonia is believed to have played a role in her death as well.

Symptoms for both swine flu and the seasonal flu are the same.

They include fever, headaches, extreme tiredness, a dry cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, and muscle aches.

Stomach symptoms can occur in children.

 

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Re: Knoxville nurse's death possibly linked to A/H1N1

Re: Knoxville nurse's death possibly linked to A/H1N1

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/knoxnews/obituary.aspx?page=notice&pid=132821358

VICK, TINA MICHELLE HENSON - age 43 of Seymour passed away Saturday, September 12, 2009 at UT Hospital. Tina was with her family when she passed away. Tina was born on June 1st, 1966 in Knoxville. She graduated from Doyle High School in 1984. She was a member of the chorus and the Pop Ensemble. She attended Carson-Newman College and graduated with the last class of the Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in 1987. Tina was a RN with Select Specialty at Saint Mary's Hospital. Tina loved to sing, read, and swim. She loved her boys and their involvement in the Boy Scouts. Preceded in death by: her grandparents Stanley and Clara Mae "Mamaw" Dunn, and Charles and Hazel Henson. Survivors: husband: Douglas "Eddie" Vick; sons: Joshua and Matthew; parents: Ethel Viola Henson and Jack Henson; sister & brother-in-law: Tanya & Breckenridge Morgan; father-in-law & Mother-in-law: Doug & Evadeen Vick; sister-in-law: Becky Vick; nephews: Breckenridge Morgan, Jr. Tavin Morgan and Jackson Morgan; special family members: Mary Lynn and Ralph Whaley, Ronnie and Donnie Dunn, Doris Lynn Mikels and cousins Darlene and Larissa; special friends: All the families from Boy Scout Troop 585. Tina's family was so appreciative of the love and support of her co-workers from Select Specialties at St. Mary's Hospital. Funeral service 11 AM Thursday in Atchley's Seymour Chapel with Rev. Mark Lampley officiating. Interment will follow in Atchley's Seymour Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends 6-8 PM Wednesday at Atchley Funeral Home, Seymour, (865) 577-2807. www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)

 

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Re: Knoxville nurse's death possibly linked to A/H1N1-CONFIRMED

Source: http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/62405642.html

Updated: 6:26 PM Sep 28, 2009
Nurse's death is confirmed case of swine flu
It is now official: Knox County has had its first swine flu death.
Posted: 5:45 PM Sep 28, 2009
Reporter: Amber Miller
Email Address: amber.miller@wvlt-tv.com

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- It is now official: Knox County has had its first swine flu death.

A couple of weeks ago, we told you that Tina Henson Vick, 43, who was a nurse at Select Specialty Hospital at Saint Mary's died, and her family believed it was because of H1N1.

Now that the CDC has confirmed it, they wanted to get their story out.

Tina Vick's family wants everyone to know that the H1N1 virus moves quickly and it can affect anyone.

"No one thought she was going to die," Ronnie Dunn, Tina's uncle said.

From a back-row pew at his church Monday, Dunn said he felt comfortable for the first time, talking about his niece's death.

When doctors handed the paperwork to Tina's family, they took notes: verified by the CDC.
Influenza H1n1 positive.

"From the day she was born, she was smiling and she never quit smiling. And she just had the sweetest personality in the world," Dunn commented as he looked at old pictures.

Dunn was the only family member up for talking.
And he says they all think it is important they get Tina's story out.

"Tina Michelle Henson Vick is the first confirmed death in Knox County with the H1N1 swine flu," Dunn repeated.

Vick's death, he says, is noteworthy because she was healthy and she was a nurse.

"I think she was exposed to someone while she was at work because there were seven or eight other nurses who went home with flu-like symptoms that weekend," Dunn told Volunteer TV.

But Tina Henson Vick was the only one who wasn't able to overcome it.

"Maybe ten people can be exposed to this and nine will be sick for three or four days and recover, and one person may die from it," Dunn said.

Vick was ill for three days at home before she decided to go to the hospital.
From the flu, she developed double pneumonia.
Fifteen days after getting sick, she died.

"We just thought she was going to get better," Dunn sighed.

Vick's family says the take home message from her story-- be vigilant this flu season.

Thirty-six thousand people die every year from the flu and with this new virus, you really need to take good care of yourself.

Of note-- Tina's mother is now in the hospital with pneumonia. They don't think it's the swine flu, though she has been tested.

Tina's family believes there isn't anything more she could have done.

She leaves behind a husband and two boys ages 15 and 12.