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LIMOMx2
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Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
So sad
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stephaniea
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
I just got the alert on my phone about Mengitis. I didn't hear he died. Where did you here this?
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Elizabeth
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
We live in Massapequa and got the call but I didn't know he/she died. Jeez!!!! Does anyone know if we should be very worried? My DS is in Kindergarten but there could be a sibling or a cousin or....I don't even know much about it.
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| Posted 1/24/08 6:22 PM |
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stephaniea
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
Nevermind, just looked it up 
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headoverheels
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
Massapequa Teen Dies From Meningitis
NEW YORK (CBS) ? A 17-year-old Massapequa High School student has died of meningitis.
The senior played in the Saint Rose of Lima CYO Basketball League.
He also worked part-time as a stock boy at the King Cullen in Massapequa Park.
The Health Department is advising individuals who have had close contact with the teen to seek preventative treatment. Those who shopped in the grocery store where he worked or had casual contact with him do not need to seek medical attention.
ETA: i got the same call, but it didn't say he died. i know it says not to be but i shop at that King Kullen all the time and i am a little freaked out.
Message edited 1/24/2008 6:56:55 PM.
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
 My little brother goes to middle school in that district. So sad!!!
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MrsERod
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
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lvdolphins
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
I know people who go to the H.S..I'll have to call my brother later.
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LightUpOurLife
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
So sad.
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| Posted 1/24/08 8:25 PM |
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CunningOne
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
Very sad. I lost a cousin to Meningitis many years ago. She was only 4.
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nyteacher13
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
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MetsGirl07
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
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Matteos-mommy
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
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nel
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
I can't even tell you how sad this makes me ... brings back some pretty awful memories...
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Elizabeth
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
Posted by headoverheels
ETA: i got the same call, but it didn't say he died. i know it says not to be but i shop at that King Kullen all the time and i am a little freaked out.
Try not to worry over that, according to my SIL, it's not something that can spread in any way like that. I shop there too. My son is little but he's in the school system which freaks me out!! If he has a sibling or anyone close but we'll hear about it if that's the case.
His poor family!!!! That poor boy with his whole life ahead of him.
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Elizabeth
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
Posted by chmlengr
Very sad. I lost a cousin to Meningitis many years ago. She was only 4.
How sad! 4 years old, damn! How wrong is that?
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| Posted 1/24/08 9:40 PM |
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Mommy2Boys
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
I'm assuming it was probably bacterial meningitis? I am always so worried about it b/c anyone can get it (+ I am a hypochondriac ) I think what happens is that most people mistake the symptoms of meningitis for the flu or something similar and than dont get treatment right away and than it is too late.
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2BEANS
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
I remeber years ago, a teen who went to hs with my brother had it and passed away from. It was all over the news.
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Mommy2Boys
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
Isn't there a vaccine for bacterial meningitis now? I remember I got it before I went away to college. I thought kids got it much younger these days though. But I guess there are different strands.
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luvsbob4603
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
My mom's brother died from meningitis when he was 24 years old... very scary.
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| Posted 1/24/08 10:06 PM |
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nel
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
Posted by jellybean1420
Isn't there a vaccine for bacterial meningitis now? I remember I got it before I went away to college. I thought kids got it much younger these days though. But I guess there are different strands.
There is a vaccine (I think), but like you said, there are different strands. A former student of mine contracted one of those strands a couple of years ago in college (after being vaccinated) and died. Just awful.
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islandersgirl74
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
Posted by Elizabeth
Posted by headoverheels
ETA: i got the same call, but it didn't say he died. i know it says not to be but i shop at that King Kullen all the time and i am a little freaked out.
Try not to worry over that, according to my SIL, it's not something that can spread in any way like that. I shop there too. My son is little but he's in the school system which freaks me out!! If he has a sibling or anyone close but we'll hear about it if that's the case.
His poor family!!!! That poor boy with his whole life ahead of him.
This is so so sad. I heard on the news that is it transmitted through saliva and bodily fluids.
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kristen92450
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
It is passed by droplets..So if someone sneezes near you, etc.. If you are within 3 feet of the person.
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GenLCSW
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Re: Just heard a Massapequa Teen just died from meningitis...
I just saw that on news 12...so, so sad
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