Ebola in Texas.

[BREATHER]

Not only all the above but I just seen a report that the first child has died from that other virus, I can't recall the name but the one that is affecting children... WTF in modern times can this be happening

[Zundfolge]

Not only all the above but I just seen a report that the first child has died from that other virus, I can't recall the name but the one that is affecting children... WTF in modern times can this be happening

Enterovirus D68

[Special Ed]

Gotta love this part.

The patient, who was in the U.S. visiting family in Texas, initially sought care on September 26, but was sent home and was not admitted until two days later.

I went to Longmont United in July 2006 complaining of severe headaches, neck pain and an inability to control thought or emotion (no, I'm not female). Had a fever of 102. Emergency room intake nurse said, "Sounds like a classic example of an upper respiratory infection." I told her I thought she was wrong but she made me wait until someone could get around to me. One attentive ER nurse, a quick thinking ER doctor and a spinal tap later, I was diagnosed with meningitis and hooked up to more IVs than I'd ever seen in my life. I bet the look on that intake nurse's face was classic when she learned that she had to be quarantined until they could determine what kind of meningitis I had (two days later).

These stupid people who get into auto pilot and don't stop to really listen to patients are one day going to seriously regret their ineptitude.

I live north of Ft. Worth now and was in Dallas last weekend. I can tell you that I am not at all happy that the idiots at the hospital didn't take the right precautions and test the guy for Ebola. Even more discouraging is that the EMTs said they believed the guy had Ebola when they responded to the call and they STILL KEPT THE AMBULANCE IN SERVICE FOR TWO DAYS! I don't care that they decontaminated it after transporting him. If that was a sufficient action after transporting a possible Ebola patient, the friggin' ambulance wouldn't have been taken out of service after they confirmed it was Ebola!

So glad I moved to the DFW area earlier this year.

[KestrelBike]

I went to Longmont United in July 2006 complaining of severe headaches, neck pain and an inability to control thought or emotion (no, I'm not female). Had a fever of 102. Emergency room intake nurse said, "Sounds like a classic example of an upper respiratory infection." I told her I thought she was wrong but she made me wait until someone could get around to me. One attentive ER nurse, a quick thinking ER doctor and a spinal tap later, I was diagnosed with meningitis and hooked up to more IVs than I'd ever seen in my life. I bet the look on that intake nurse's face was classic when she learned that she had to be quarantined until they could determine what kind of meningitis I had (two days later)

Did you have the blotches/rash on the lower half of your abdomen? Severe photosensitivity? Also, did you wake up with these symptoms in the morning, or did they develop later in the day? Just curious; a former classmate who had been a good friend died of bacterial meningitis many years ago, and those were his symptoms.

[Kraven251]

Enterovirus D68

Or as I call it, "Something that came over the border 101"

[Special Ed]

Did you have the blotches/rash on the lower half of your abdomen? Severe photosensitivity? Also, did you wake up with these symptoms in the morning, or did they develop later in the day? Just curious; a former classmate who had been a good friend died of bacterial meningitis many years ago, and those were his symptoms.

Severe photosensitivity, unable to control emotions (difficult to explain that one but imagine trying to talk to someone and crying for a few words in the middle of a sentence and then stopping crying but continuing with the sentence - doc said that was normal given a brain infection). Don't recall any blotches but I don't remember much of what happened over the course of the four days I was in the hospital. Symptoms started in the morning and progressed throughout the day to the point where I couldn't even stand up on my own by the time my wife got home at 5:00PM. The bugger of it all is that they never did isolate the specific type of meningitis. The ER doc said my spinal fluid was the consistency of cottage cheese and my neurologist said the spinal tap revealed it was bacterial but couldn't understand why it didn't get worse since all they did in the hospital was give me antibiotics and fluids. My family doc said he thought it was West Nile but the tests (he did them several times) came back negative for it (negative as well for equine flu, avian flu and a host of others I've long since forgotten).

I'm sorry to hear you lost a good friend over that disease.

[colorider]

What really pisses me off is this guy from Ebola Land goes in sick and does not tell them where he is from or give them any hint that geeeee, I may have ebola being that my entire village is infected with it and I just left there. Add to that the fact he is from there and is visiting the U.S. He must "look" and speak like he is not from here and from Ebola country. Maybe ask him where he is from? Where he has been? Total lack of precaution. I don't understand why we even let people from the Ebola outbreak areas enter the U.S without an ebola test. . Should be standard at this point. I'm not paranoid, just think this situation was totally fumbled. Oh, and Hello John. How's Texas treating you this week!?

[sellersm]

Maybe ask him where he is from? Where he has been? Total lack of precaution. I don't understand why we even let people from the Ebola outbreak areas enter the U.S without an ebola test. . Should be standard at this point. I'm not paranoid, just think this situation was totally planned.

FIFY.

[hollohas]

What really pisses me off is this guy from Ebola Land goes in sick and does not tell them where he is from or give them any hint that geeeee, I may have ebola being that my entire village is infected with it and I just left there.

Many reports now saying he DID inform the hospital staff at his first visit of his travel history. Sounding more and more like the supposedly prepared and trained hospital screwed up.

Oh, and the ambulance that transported him to the hospital for his 2nd visit remained in use for two days after until they got the positive test back. Sounds like the paramedics have been isolated as a precaution.

[Special Ed]

What really pisses me off is this guy from Ebola Land goes in sick and does not tell them where he is from or give them any hint that geeeee, I may have ebola being that my entire village is infected with it and I just left there. Add to that the fact he is from there and is visiting the U.S. He must "look" and speak like he is not from here and from Ebola country. Maybe ask him where he is from? Where he has been? Total lack of precaution. I don't understand why we even let people from the Ebola outbreak areas enter the U.S without an ebola test. . Should be standard at this point. I'm not paranoid, just think this situation was totally fumbled. Oh, and Hello John. How's Texas treating you this week!?

I'm with you 100%, Andy. The local news last night was full of, "Of course we asked him if he'd traveled from somewhere recently. Oh wait...maybe we didn't. We were supposed to so yeah, we did. No, maybe we didn't." It's a silly friggin' mess. Nobody can get their story straight.

And Howdy, Andy! Texas is treating me ok this week. My neighbors one street over just had their modular home burn to the ground an hour ago but otherwise it's a nice quiet hot dry day in rural Texas.