8 swine flu deaths reported in Harris County (Texas)
http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou091012_mh_swine-flu-harris-county.20d08ebe5.html
October 12, 2009
A total of eight people have died from the swine flu in Harris County.
The deaths include six adults from unincorporated areas of Harris County. Five of them were under age 65, but the health department will not release their exact ages or whether they had underlying medical conditions.
Two died in June, two in September and two in October, according to the Harris County Health Department.
The other two deaths were in the City of Houston: a toddler from Mexico City who was the first recorded swine flu death in the U.S.; and a Harris County jail inmate who died last month.
(( Patricia Sumner, Mother: “We begged him to go to a doctor. He said he couldn’t stop working, because of the four kids.” ))
Possible H1N1 Related Death in Clermont County
http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Possible-H1N1-Related-Death-in-Clermont-County/PI1FIYsJmUCsgqrCimN4FQ.cspx
By the time a 39 year-old Amelia man got to the emergency room, he was deathly ill with the flu-like symptoms he fought for a week. He didn’t survive the day. The death is now a possible H1N1 case.
Local 12’s Deborah Dixon talked with the family. The flu like symptoms started about a week ago.
Lawrence JT Sumner thought he had a bad cold that included a low grade fever, then the pressure in his chest made it hard to breathe.
Patricia Sumner, Mother: “We begged him to go to a doctor. He said he couldn’t stop working, because of the four kids.”
With four children, the uninsured subcontractor wanted to finish a job he was on, so he would get paid.
“When he got sick with a cold, he said he wouldn’t get a paycheck.”
By Friday, it was clear this was more than a cold. JT struggled to breathe as he was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital Clermont.
“He didn’t survive the day, got there at nine, by six thirty he was dead, he was that sick.”
The preliminary cause of death is pneumonia, possible H1N1. now there is a funeral to plan, for the patient giving hardworking man who always put family first.
“He’s gone and I’m going to miss him, but he will always still be with me.”
Ohio’s Health Department will do more tests to determine if H1N1 played a part.
I’m curious — Have you seen any explanation as to why some of the deaths in Harris County (Texas), which took place during the summer, are just now being reported as related to H1N1?
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