[armymarinemom]

Sometimes I wonder if among all these vaccines they get, something lies latent until conditions are right to interact in a devistating way, with a virus.

Anything is a possible but it would be a better idea to look for horses when you hear hoofs pounding rather than to look for zebras. A change in environment dry and heavy with sand to one that is more humid would create a increase in mucous. An increase in mucous creates a good environment for growth media for pathogens.

[Swanks]

An increase in mucous creates a good environment for growth media for pathogens.

Yes but geez, to go to 109 fever is way off the scale as far as an out-lyer event is concerned. The immune system should take care of any sudden infection even if the effect is a 103 or 104 fever. Guess we'll have to wait for autopsy results.