First american dies of swine flu......or did she?

Wed May 06, 2009 2:57 pm » by **Drextin**

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090506/ap_on_re_us/us_swine_flu_texas

HARLINGEN, Texas – This week should have been a joyous time for Judy Trunnell, a 33-year-old schoolteacher who had just given birth to a healthy baby girl.

But the friends and relatives whose cars lined the quiet street in front of her home in a quiet subdivision Tuesday instead were mourning her, the first American with swine flu to die.

"We're grieving now," said a woman with tear-streaked eyes who declined to give her name.

In Maryland, her cousin told WMAR-TV in Baltimore that Trunnell had died after spending two weeks in the hospital. She slipped into a coma, and her baby was delivered by Cesarean section, Mario Zamora said.

"She was just a beautiful person, warm at heart. She worked with disabled children as a teacher," Zamora said. "Those that knew her will always remember her."

Texas health officials stopped short of saying that swine flu caused Trunnell's death. State health department spokeswoman Carrie Williams said the schoolteacher had "chronic underlying health conditions" but wouldn't give any more details.

Wed May 06, 2009 5:05 pm » by **Blackbarbie**

ehh she cant have can she?? i thought it was race specific and i really do tink it is. 23 people over here in the uk hhave it now , and no one has died..

Barbie =] xx

Wed May 06, 2009 5:22 pm » by **Vulcanic**

Wed May 06, 2009 5:35 pm » by **Blackbarbie**

WTF!!!???? vulcanic great find!! what the hell is all that about martial law, my back side im sorry but people weve GOT to do something?!!!! :bang;

Barbie