Marsha, ignorance will leave you lonely. Seek God and grow up for the sake of your children. Not every battle is to be fought because you will not win all the time.

Goodnight Met.

*GOODNIGHT SENDER*

Parents of 11-Year-Old Who Died of Septic Shock Say Hospital Sent Their Son Home “Desperately Ill”

Rory Staunton, who died of sepsis in April, 2012.
The story of 11-year-old Rory Staunton of Queens, New York, who suffered a routine cut on his arm during basketball practice and died four days later of septic shock –after being sent home from the emergency room at NYU Langone Medical Center–is a cautionary tale for parents.

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In a statement just released to Yahoo! Shine, Rory’s parents, Cieran and Orlaith Staunton write, “Our beloved son Rory was the light of our lives. He should never have died. It is clear to us he did not receive the basic standard of care which would have saved him and which he, as an innocent child, above all, had a right to expect. Our beloved boy is gone but we want to ensure that no other family experiences the utter heartbreak and grief we have because of such substandard care.” The Stauntons have announced their intention to pursue Rory’s Law, which would require hospitals to discuss the results of a child’s blood work before discharge, among other measures.

A chilling chronicle of Rory’s last days and his death on April 1 was reported yesterday by The New York Times.



On Wednesday, March 28th, the 11-year-old cut his arm during basketball practice in school. It was a small cut mentioned casually in passing to his mother that night. Rory had a stomach-ache by the time he went to bed. 



That night, just after midnight, (March 29th), Rory woke up vomiting and complaining of pain in his leg. By morning he had a fever of 104. 



On Thursday, March 29th, he went to the office of his pediatrician, Dr. Susan Levitzky, already feeling so sick that he had to lean on his mom to walk in. He threw up twice in the office. The pediatrician said the cut on the arm wasn’t the issue and recommended that Rory go to the emergency room. Dr. Levitzky noted Rory’s parents’ concern that his skin was blotchy when they pressed on it–a symptom that could indicate sepsis, Dr. Michael B. Edmond, the chairman of the division of infectious diseases at Virginia Commonwealth University told the Times–but didn’t follow it up. Rory’s leg pain was also a sign that could mean an invasive infection, according to Dr. Edmond. 



Thursday March 29th, 7:14pm, Rory went to the emergency room and was discharged two hours later, after being diagnosed with “acute febrile gastritis” (the flu), and told to take Tylenol.

On 

Friday at 10a.m. Rory’s parents started calling the pediatrician again. His skin had turned blue around his nose and even a slight touch made him cry out in pain. The pediatrician recommended fluid and crackers again, but then said to return to the emergency room, as reported by the Times. 



On April 1, Rory Staunton died in intensive care, of severe septic shock brought on by the infection.

The Staunton family’s statement continues, “NYU hospital and its Emergency Room were in turn extremely negligent in their treatment of Rory. Signs of serious illness were ignored and Rory was allowed leave the hospital desperately ill. Rory’s pediatrician continued the following day, despite our appeals, to dismiss our concerns. We believe NYU hospital and Rory’s pediatrician should acknowledge their negligent treatment of him to the Staunton family, treatment that we believe resulted in his death. They owe it to Rory and the children who will come after him, to ensure that this never happens again.”
NYU Langone Medical Center and Dr. Susan Levitzsky did not immediately return calls for comment.



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Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS), a severe form of sepsis, is when the ordinary streptococcus pyogenes bacteria gets into the blood or soft tissue and causes a generalized infection. It’s a common cause of death in hospitals. Organizations to promote better protocols and raise awareness include the STOP Sepsis Collaborative, affiliated with the Greater New York Hospital Association and the United Hospital Fund, and the Sepsis Alliance, which will hold the first Sepsis Awareness Month in September 2012.

Parents who want more information on how to recognize sepsis and Toxic Shock Syndrome can visit the Mayo Clinic web page.
Dr. Scott Weingart, co-chair of the STOP Sepsis Collaborative, stresses that “This is a very rare circumstance. If your child gets sick a few days after they get a cut, they probably do not have Toxic Shock Syndrome.” Symptoms that parents should look out for include a child who is confused, showing a different personality or very sleepy and hard to wake. Another “hallmark” of TSS is a bright-red rash all over the body that looks like a sunburn, and may be more pronounced on the hands and feet.
Dr. Weingart also says, “I don’t want a family to hear ‘sepsis’ and think their child is at risk of death. Sepsis is not life threatening. Severe sepsis and septic shock are more worrisome.”
The bottom line, Dr. Weingart says, is that parents are very good arbiters of what’s normal when it comes to their child. “If your child looks much sicker than you would expect from a simple virus, cold or flu, you should contact your pediatrician or visit an emergency room.”

PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. – A mother killed her four children Tuesday, calling three of them back into her home to fatally shoot them before turning a gun on herself, police said.

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A 33-year-old mother went on a shooting spree early Tuesday in Port St. John, Fla., taking the lives of her four children and then herself.
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A 33-year-old mother went on a shooting spree early Tuesday in Port St. John, Fla., taking the lives of her four children and then herself.
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At one point, three of the wounded children ran to a neighbor’s house, but the mother, Tonya Thomas, 33, stepped outside and beckoned them to return to home where they were fatally shot.
The children were identified as Joel Johnson, 12; Jazzlyn Johnson, 13; Jaxs Johnson, 15; and Pebbles Johnson, 17, said Lt. Tod Goodyear of the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. Thomas reportedly sent a text to a friend at about 3 a.m. saying she wanted to be cremated with her children, police said.
The friend did not receive the message until much later, Goodyear said.
“I’m a father and I’ve got kids,” the sheriff’s spokesman said. “I cannot comprehend a person doing that to their child … calling them back to the slaughter.”
Sheriff’s deputies and the county’s SWAT team responded to the home after a 5 a.m. call reporting that shots were fired.
The neighbor who called heard a knock and went to the door to find three of the children standing outside, asking for help, Goodyear said. At least one appeared to have been shot, and the neighbor handed the victim a towel.
At that point, Thomas stepped outside and told the children to return home. The children listened to their mother and walked back to the house, Goodyear said. Moments later, more gunfire ensued.

By Tim Shortt, Florida Today
Brevard County officers staff a command post Tuesday in Port St. John, Fla.. in response to shootings earlier in the day.
The officers spotted one shooting victim, the 17-year-old girl, lying in the front yard. Deputies pulled up, loaded her inside their patrol car and drove her to a waiting ambulance. Paramedics declared her dead at the scene.
Deputies saw movement inside the house, including what appeared to be a lit cigarette, Goodyear said. Then came a final shot.
Dispatch records released Tuesday show that authorities responded to Thomas’ house on three successive days in April.
In the first visit, on Easter Sunday, Thomas reported that her son had thrown a bicycle through a window at the house. The next day, Thomas called to report that her son had kicked and punched her when she tried to wake him up for school. The following day, child welfareinvestigators visited the house to look into allegations of inadequate supervision of the children.
Records also showed that Thomas was arrested in 2002 on a misdemeanor battery charge for striking the father of her children. The charge was later dropped. Two years earlier, she filed a domestic violence complaint against Joe Johnson, but that was dismissed after a hearing.
Police had been to the house previously, Goodyear said. One of the teens, Jaxs Johnson, was to appear in juvenile court Tuesday on a misdemeanor battery charge involving his mother.
Neighbors were stunned. .
Greg Tschanz and his wife, Jennifer, live a few houses away from the crime scene. He said he gave Thomas a used TV and often saw the kids playing outside.
“I cannot even come to grips with it,” he said. “It was a surprise to me to hear that the sheriff’s office had even been there before for domestic calls. Complete shock.”
Travis St. Peter, who lived about three houses down from the shooting scene until two days ago, said the family was known in the neighborhood for being disruptive. He said police were often at the house.
“They were just known for being hoodlums,” St. Peter said of the children before he knew their fate. He said the mother was regularly yelling at the kids, who were often running around the neighborhood late at night, “terrorizing our dogs and setting off firecrackers.”

Man goes mad after stealing phone in Machakos

Thursday, July 12, 2012 – There was a bizarre incident at Kaviani in Machakos County and now in that town there is a new mad man who is alleged to have been bewitched after he stole a smart phone from a paparazzi in the area.

The man in his mid 20s is said to have met up with the paparazzi at a popular bar in the area and hit up as friends immediately. The two drank together and exchanged thoughts on the current situations in Kenya.

At about mid night the man borrowed the paparazzi’s phone claiming that his phone had no credit and pretended to be talking to an influential person via the phone, he then stepped out of the bar and disappeared in the dark night.

The paparazzi on realizing that he had been robbed off his smart phone, just laughed saying that the man will pay for what he has done soon.

Days later the man was seen at the town collecting papers and eating from garbage containers in the area, talk of the case of riches to rags.

It is still unclear whether the paparazzi has offered to cast out the spell in exchange for his phone.