So very sad. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family.
Has anyone heard of anything like this? Keep my friend in your prayers.
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It is so sad, I am saying prayers for the family.... We had a local 12 year old die over the weekend from the same thing. Parents didn't realize how sick he was. It is just sad....
oh, its very sad to hear about this. my thoughts and prayers go out to her loving family.
This is heartbreaking. Prayers are being said for your friends and you beachyteachy.
Sudden cardiac deaths are increasing; here's an article from the CDC. One reason that has been suggested is the increased use of aspartame in diet drinks and other products.
I think the data suggests that sudden cardiac death among children would probably decrease with more aspartame use. The clear trend among children is toward increasing obesity. Here are the figures: http://www.futureofchildren.org/information2850/information_show.htm?doc_id=357746
As your CDC article notes, the most significant increase in sudden cardiac death in children has been seen in young African Americans. Note how the obesity rate has skyrocketed in this population, especially among females.
Based on my observations while working with poor African Americans in New Orleans I doubt that there is much aspartame intake in this population. The kids I was familiar with had no concern for calories and drank stuff loaded with high fructose corn syrup.
I think plain old corn syrup which leads to obesity, hyperlipidemia and unstable intravascular plaques is a much more likely suspect than aspartame.
That's the first thing that came to my mind. At age 4, my son had Bacterial Menengitis, which is something you usuually hear of college studnets getting at the onset of semesters. I came home that day and my wife asked if anything looked funny about Evan. I said his eyes looked sunken in. He was deydrated. He was just still, motionless.
We immediately brought him to the emergency room and the only reason he is alive today is because the same doctor that he had seen the day before in a regular check-up, happened to be on-call at the hospital at the time. The doctor recognized a severe onset of redness in Evan's ears compared to his office visit the day before, thus he knew that it was possibly bacterial menengitis and gave Evan an unusually high dose of medication. Other doctors questioned his approach and if it would have been them making the call, they would have sent us home.
He would have died that night. Yes, life is delicate. So many of our friends, following this event, brought their children to the doctor when they otherwise may not have. I regard my son as my hero. I watched him in the hospital for almost 2 weeks. He appeared on teh edge of death so much of the time. In hindsight, we should have transferred him to the Children's Hospital in New Orleans.
I was told him getting that form of Menengitis (bacterial) was a rare occurence that was going to be part of a medical journal but I don't know if that came to fruition. But their was an article written about the event in the local paper, the Houma Daily Courier. I keep it on my refrigerator as a reminder.
It is so sad to hear that a child and family has had to go through this and experience such a devestating loss. My prayers and thoughts are with them.
Btw, Evan is now 8 and is in gifted and talented classes and shows little to no affects. We were told his motor skills could be delayed and his IQ could be affected, with only time to tell. He did seem to be behind his peers with upper body strength a few years after the ordeal, but he seems to lead a normal, active, happy life and Daddy is proud.
We immediately brought him to the emergency room and the only reason he is alive today is because the same doctor that he had seen the day before in a regular check-up, happened to be on-call at the hospital at the time. The doctor recognized a severe onset of redness in Evan's ears compared to his office visit the day before, thus he knew that it was possibly bacterial menengitis and gave Evan an unusually high dose of medication. Other doctors questioned his approach and if it would have been them making the call, they would have sent us home.
He would have died that night. Yes, life is delicate. So many of our friends, following this event, brought their children to the doctor when they otherwise may not have. I regard my son as my hero. I watched him in the hospital for almost 2 weeks. He appeared on teh edge of death so much of the time. In hindsight, we should have transferred him to the Children's Hospital in New Orleans.
I was told him getting that form of Menengitis (bacterial) was a rare occurence that was going to be part of a medical journal but I don't know if that came to fruition. But their was an article written about the event in the local paper, the Houma Daily Courier. I keep it on my refrigerator as a reminder.
It is so sad to hear that a child and family has had to go through this and experience such a devestating loss. My prayers and thoughts are with them.
Btw, Evan is now 8 and is in gifted and talented classes and shows little to no affects. We were told his motor skills could be delayed and his IQ could be affected, with only time to tell. He did seem to be behind his peers with upper body strength a few years after the ordeal, but he seems to lead a normal, active, happy life and Daddy is proud.
I love it! 
Conspiracy theorists think there's a chemical to blame...................but it's really just WAY too many people getting fat and not exercising! :roll:
When you hear hoofbeats, don't assume it's zebras!
Conspiracy theorists think there's a chemical to blame...................but it's really just WAY too many people getting fat and not exercising! :roll:
When you hear hoofbeats, don't assume it's zebras!