Advocacy is important enough to be done well. So consider this:
The general assumption here is that camp employees knew about the infection and ignored it, that the kid's needs were ignored. But all we have is the result: he died of an antibiotic-resistant strain of staph; he'd had staph numerous times before. The staph infection could have appeared and killed him within hours, as this type of infection does--daily--around the country. It happens with chilling frequency, and may have little or nothing to do with any preventative measures taken. It may be a case of neglect, but at this point, it's a stretch to place this in the neglect/abuse column. The death alone is not convincing to anyone who's seen how virile this infection can be.
Peddle your bullshit somewhere else.
Yeh, perfectly innocent. That's why they were so vague with his mom. She didn't even know where he was pronounced dead. And couldn't get anything out of the coroner until she hired an attorney. Welcome to program land.
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=261428#261428http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=261428#261428I guess those sores on his mouth just cropped up in the 10 minutes between the time he told the counselor he was sick and needed to go home and when he fell over and became unresponsive.
Antibiotic resistant or not, he deserved a fighting chance. It's not a certain death sentence.
Wyllie et al. report a death rate of 34% within 30 days among patients infected with MRSA, while among MSSA patients the death rate was similar at 27%. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRSA
Since it's most commonly "community-acquired", who's to say he didn't get it there, or that the deprivation diet and austere rigors of the program didn't exacerbate the problem? All those things are hard on the immune system.
Caleb described a different life in camp. He wrote he had to climb mountains every day until he was exhausted. He was able to wash only twice a week using tiny amounts of water. He had to clean his dishes after meals by licking them and then using dirt to scour them.
Sounds like a staff infection waiting to happen.
Patients are quarentined. Have any of the other kids acquired it?
And I guess DHS just made this one up, “It’s the department’s belief the child reported symptoms of observable signs of infection that were neglected and he was denied proper medical treatment,” Liz McDonough, Colorado Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman said Friday.
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=261430#261430Who was the lucky staff who got to perform rescue breathing???
Who's responsible for overlooking or ignoring his medical history of staff infections on his face???
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=261462#261462Caleb, who had been exhibiting behavioral problems for several days before his death, told a counselor he didn't feel well and needed to go home. After the counselor moved on, Caleb slumped over. Less than 10 minutes later when a counselor checked on him, he was dead, Reese said.
At the very fuckin least, he should have been able to die with his family instead of in some cold, heartless program.
