Sad: Member of Delta may have mad cow's disease

[PerfectVerse06]

How heartbreaking. My prayers are with those whose lives were touched by Ms. Vinson.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

An AH Soror told me she is Spring 07.

Thanks.

ETA: I am saddened that she passed away.

[BlessedOne04]

OMG, my prayers are with her family and friends.

[ladygreek]

"passed through surgery" "tainted medical instrument"

[jitterbug13]

Condolences to Soror Aretha's family and friends. This is so sad.

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by jon1856

Very sad news.
Found some more back ground stories about her and her medical history.
No matter what happened or the cause, it is still a shame and as always painful for family and friends.
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=8132511
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content...ntentid=212233

Thanks for this info.

This is very sad.

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

"passed through surgery" "tainted medical instrument"

I know. That's really scary.

[AKA2D '91]

Wow!

Very sad!

[MTSUGURL]

That poor Mama. My prayers are with her family.

[jojapeach]

This deeply saddens and sickens me. I'll lift up her loved ones in prayer.

[NappyBison]

It's horrible to hear things of this nature happening to anyone. I'll be keeping the family in my prayers.


BTW: Wondering if this is the first case of someone dying from this in the U.S.? I know there have been cases of deaths in Eastern countries.....China, UK, and others.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by NappyBison

It's horrible to hear things of this nature happening to anyone. I'll be keeping the family in my prayers.


BTW: Wondering if this is the first case of someone dying from this in the U.S.? I know there have been cases of deaths in Eastern countries.....China, UK, and others.

It's stated in the article.

[5Knowledge1913]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

"passed through surgery" "tainted medical instrument"

What I want to know is what kind of tools were being used in her surgery b/c this disease is so rare, that I had once read that there was only 1 other case in U.S.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by 5Knowledge1913

What I want to know is what kind of tools were being used in her surgery b/c this disease is so rare, that I had once read that there was only 1 other case in U.S.

There have been three other cases in the US, but the victims contracted the disease outside of the county--two in the U.K., one in Saudi Arabia.

My concern is not what kind of tools (it was gastro bypass, so I got a pretty good idea,) but how in the heck did an instrument get contaminated???

[eduakator]

I was at Virginia State University yesterday. The Deltas and Ques had a tribute for Ms. Vinson yesterday afternoon. I am from Portsmouth also. So I am awaiting further details.
Eduakator