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Updated: 4:30 AM Oct 11, 2009
Family: Second Swine Flu Victim was 'Sister, Daughter, Nurse, Bride-to-Be'
A second Swine Flu death has been reported by the Cabell-Huntington Health Department.
Posted: 8:00 PM Oct 1, 2009NEW: Family releases victim's name Reporter: Carrie Cline Email Address: carrie.cline@wsaz.com |
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UPDATE @ 7pm Friday
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- She was a sister, a daughter, a nurse and a bride-to-be.
That’s what the family of the latest victim of swine flu wants the public to know about their loved one. Amy Scott was just 37 when she died Thursday afternoon. Her sister, Sarah Gillespie, said Amy was a home health care nurse for Pro Nursing. She cared for children and adults, but her sister says she enjoyed working with children most.
“She treated her patients as if they were her own family," Sarah said. "That’s one of the many things that was so special about her.”
She says Amy started feeling sick about a week ago. She went to a local health clinic twice for treatment. Then, on Sunday, her symptoms intensified and she ended up at St. Mary’s Medical Center where she tested positive for the flu.
According to her sister, Amy went home to recover, but 48 hours later, she was gasping for air and both of her lungs were full of fluid. Tuesday evening, she was back in the hospital in the intensive care unit on a ventilator. She died Thursday afternoon after suffering a heart attack and multiple organ failure.
Amy was engaged and due to be married later this year. She did suffer from diabetes and high blood pressure.
“I don’t want her to be remembered as a the second victim in Huntington to die of the swine flu," Sarah said. "I want people to know she was a generous, kind and loving person who meant the world to us. We’re devastated by this sudden loss and deeply grieving."
ORIGINAL STORY
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A second Swine Flu death has been reported by the Cabell-Huntington Health Department.
Dr. Harry Tweel, Director of the Cabell-Huntington Health Department says a 37-year-old female died from the Swine Flu Thursday in a local hospital.
Dr. Tweel says no other information will be released about this latest death.
This death comes nearly a month after Michael Bloomfield, an ER nurse, became West Virginia’s first person to die from the virus.
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