H1N1

Picture: The road up to Angel Lake.

Swine Flu: I am in Wells, NV. Across the street is a house where a lady, Marilyn, lived and she ultimately died of swine flu. She had a sprained ankle that caused blood clots that went to her heart and lungs. The blood clots almost killed her.

She had recurring clots for 5 weeks. She was sent home to Wisconsin, started to recover and then caught swine flu and died. (No health insurance so she did not want to go to the hosp.)

TODAY: My first day back, it was weird to see where Marilyn lived knowing she passed away. I had to ask if she really did die or was it a dream. It was true. Her pickup truck is still in Wells. It is sitting on a fellow employees farm, waiting for her family to come pick it up.

I had kind of a weird, sad feeling. Saturday, discussions of getting health care to uninsured people is finally being discussed. I feel it is stupid really that we will fund a war started with lies, but we cannot get health coverage to people like Marilyn.