Sunday, February 4, 2007

Lucio Satar: A flu vaccine story

Lucio Satar, a healthy eight-year-old boy in Minnesota, began feeling sick with the flu on Jan. 24. He died Wednesday of pneumonia, a complication from the flu.

Across the U.S., about 100 children die every year from flu complications, according to Patsy Stinchfield, a pediatric nurse practitioner who leads the Minnesota Immunization Practices Advisory Committee.

Advice to parents: Please have your families vaccinated against the flu.

Read the story in the Lacrosse Tribune.

4 comments:

  1. Wow; There is so much i can say.
    i didnt really KNOW KNOW Lucio Satar but i knew him enough to say that he was a VERY bright and special kid. im very close to one of his siblings and it hurts to see how bad it hurt him and his family; but god needed such a great boy more than we did.
    people who knew and loved Lucio Satar will reunite with him someday, just think of it as that hes in a better place where he no longer had to go through the pain. so please mourne no more.

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  2. I wish u were still here u and me..no..u and ur classmates(including me) we all would've graduated together this year in 6th...I miss you..wait no..we all miss you Lucio!!!
    -Kaitlyn Vu

    P.S. Happy belated birthday Lucio.

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