Posted on 03/11/2010 6:35:16 PM PST by left that other site
Officials: Bacterial meningitis kills two Oklahoma students March 11, 2010 1:36 p.m. EST STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Students from Oologah-Talala public school district in rural Oklahoma * Authorities are investigating four other possible cases of bacterial meningitis * Medical team may screen students, begin vaccinations, school superintendent says
(CNN) -- Authorities are investigating six possible cases of bacterial meningitis -- including two deaths -- in rural Oklahoma elementary school students.
The Rogers County Health Department and Oklahoma State Department of Health said two children from Oologah-Talala public school district have died from the disease. One of them was an 8-year-old, said Superintendent Rick Thomas.
Thomas said school was canceled Friday for the district.
"We just feel like we would rather err on the side of caution," he said, although he has urged parents to remain calm.
The state health board said it was providing antibiotics to the schools to help prevent the spread of meningococcal disease -- caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis -- which can appear as pneumonia, septicemia or meningitis.
Meningitis is a disease caused by the inflammation of the meninges, the thin lining that surrounds the brain and the spinal cord, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A medical team at Oologah Lower Elementary School screened more than 100 people including faculty,
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Oh, yorkie! Thank you for that tender and compassionate prayer for these little ones! Amen!
Me neither, my FRiend.
What used to be done in secret shall be shouted from the housetops.
God Bless you and thank you for the Ping!
Prayers for this terrible disease to go away.. May God give strength and comfort to the community.
Got an email from My Cousin in Talala this morning(I am ML)
Good Morning! I just got up, and will go to the thread to see what has gone on during the night.
Love
ML
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Subject: Re: We lost another one
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:17:16 +0000
I read all of them. How wonderful and nice of everyone to pray for this. How sudden life can end, and those very young children is just unthinkable. I have the privilege of working with some of them. Thank you my very dear cousin ML
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:07:58
Subject: Re: We lost another one
The article has been up for less than 25 minutes and the prayers are coming in faster than I can keep up with them!
Here’s the link again!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2469232/posts?page=29
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Subject: Re: We lost another one
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:55:04 +0000
Wow m-l. That was awesome again!! Thank you so much!!!!! I know God is working against this awful attack. I read all of this to David, and was crying. That was so sweet of you. I am curious what tomorrow brings. What do you think? You asked if it was natural ocurring!!??? Haha, they called us rural Oklahoma. Oologah is less than thirty miles from Tulsa. I don’t know, we are, and we aren’t. People love to make us sound like country bumpkins.
(Keep the prayers coming, Dear FReepers!)
Thank you for your prayers!
Hear our prayer, O Lord ...
Hear our prayer, O Lord ...
Incline thine ear to us
And grant us thy peace. Amen ...
YUP.
This is from my Sis in Boston:
” My cousin Mary Lou in Indian country, Talala, Oklahoma is asking for prayer for
an outbreak of bacterial meningitis in a grammar school where she does music.
The school shut down but a second young child has died.
Creator of all things, we ask you in prayer to shine your light upon this
situation, heal bodies, comfort broken hearts, that they may know your Spirit
and presence in this awful situation.
In Jesus. Amen
Janet “
It has been slow for me for days and i am also getting error messages at times
Praying for the families of these children and the other students..
Adding my prayers.
Prayers up.
Radio, T.V., newspapers....
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