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pnwmom

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12. Me, too! But only because I knew a family who'd lost their son to that.

Reply to Chemisse (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 12:15 PM

Dec 2018

The father, who was a physician, just thought his son had the flu -- and he died at home on the same day he got sick. That's when I realized how fast meningitis could progress, and how easy it might be to miss.

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Doctors question medical care given to migrant boy who died Christmas Eve [View all] Dennis Donovan Dec 2018 OP

Amoxicillin. For a common cold? No one does that. They knew he had the flu, they sent him to die. nt DRoseDARs Dec 2018 #1

Flu isn't treated with antibiotics either, unless there are complications. pnwmom Dec 2018 #3

Was the first dead child tested for flu? Yosemito Dec 2018 #4

I wondered about meningitis. Chemisse Dec 2018 #10

Me, too! But only because I knew a family who'd lost their son to that. pnwmom Dec 2018 #12

Flu spreading in CBP facilities Yosemito Dec 2018 #2

I'm an EMT . . . Roadside Attraction Dec 2018 #5

Thank you for your post LittleGirl Dec 2018 #6

Thank you for this. I wonder who saw this child in the ED. yardwork Dec 2018 #7

You know a lot. Thank you for your post. AllyCat Dec 2018 #8

It's helpful to know what they SHOULD have done. Chemisse Dec 2018 #11

Yes -- my pediatrician always said that how they acted was more important pnwmom Dec 2018 #13

Heard on NPR yesterday there is a request for an official count Chakaconcarne Dec 2018 #9