Florida's 3rd pediatric flu death since October 2012 is Duval victim

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Florida's 3rd pediatric flu death since October 2012 is Duval victim
Posted: January 23, 2013 - 5:54pm


A young Duval County resident has died from the influenza virus, prompting health officials to issue reminders of how to resist the illness.

The case was labeled a ?pediatric death,? which means the victim was age 18 or younger, said spokesman Charles Griggs. He said the state Health Department confirmed the cause of death as the flu the week of Jan. 6-12, but the death could have occurred earlier.

The patient had not been vaccinated...

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Re: Florida's 3rd pediatric flu death since October 2012 is Duval victim

Source: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topsto...-dies-from-flu

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Amanda Arthur says her four-year-old son is the first confirmed pediatric death related to the influenza virus in Duval County. He died at Wolfson Children's Hospital.
12:12 AM, Jan 26, 2013 |

...Amanda Arthur says her son, Ryan J. Arthur, was the first pediatric flu death in Duval County this flu season. Arthur said she took Ryan to Wolfson Children's Hospital a few days before Christmas. After he was treated, she says they sent him home and gave him a breathing treatment and steroid.

The next morning she says he still had a fever. She took him back to Wolfson Children's Hospital and he was admitted.

"As the night went on, he just slowly declined," said Amanda Arthur. "The results for the flu test came back after he had passed away that he indeed had a strain of flu, and it was so bad that it attacked his heart. I'm believing he went into cardiac arrest."

A Wolfson Children's Hospital spokeswoman confirms Ryan Arthur died at the hospital December 23, 2012, in connection to Influenza B...