H1N1 Virus Kills Cornell Student

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I have a 7 year old that has this H1N1 flu. She is unable to eat or drink and now she is saying her chest is hurting. Fever want go down and she can not keep tyl. or montrin down. Probley taking her to hosp. again tonight. Any suggestions. Please help. I am very scared.....

christa of FL 5:16PM September 16, 2009

My step-granddaughter (healthy, 30) also died from complications of H1N1. She had difficulty breathing, and was also put into a coma because being intubated is stressful and wastes oxygen. We were told she developed pneumonia/pulmonary distress syndrome and ultimately her other organs failed for want of oxygen.

Privacy, Please of CA 6:53PM September 15, 2009

My prayers are with this family. No explanations can replace their loss, regardless of the cause.

Christina Wilson of CA 4:59PM September 15, 2009

Thanks for clarifying what happened to this student. My niece had the flu at Cornell at the same time, was told by the Health Center to just stay home and Gannett kept in touch daily by phone. I can not imagine what this family is going through. My thoughts are with them.
So what is the correct course of treatment? When my nephew had swine flu, he took tamiflu. I wonder what drug the hospital gave the child.

ebr of PA 2:36PM September 15, 2009

As a former Professor at Cornell, I was mismedicated at that hospital for about a year and a half. I'm not suing them because I just don't want to use my time/life that way. The ER seemed to me like HELL. This is only my opinion, not fact.

Carol Miller of NY 2:13PM September 15, 2009

Andrew is correct; Warren was sent to Cayuga Hospital with flu-like symptoms, and during his treatment experienced an allergic reaction to a medication, which caused him to go into a coma from which he never awoke.
My thoughts are with Warren and his family and friends.

Hannah of NY 11:29PM September 14, 2009

As I heard it from his close friend, there were serious complications with the virus, possibly involving problem treatment. The doctor induced a coma, and Warren never came out of it.

Andrew of CA 6:29PM September 14, 2009

With all due respect to the decesed student and his family, was H1N1 the primary cause of death or was it a further complication to a different condition?

Marco 6:00PM September 14, 2009