Second Tulsa Child Dies Of Rare Infection (Tulsa Water Park connection)

[rainbow4321]

This is left out of the article below but I just talked to my sis in Tulsa who says that local reports are saying that both boys went to the Tulsa Water Park near the Tulsa Zoo.

The water park has been shut down and the water is being tested. There was a stagnant water puddle near the park's water area, the boys who died MAY have had contact with it. Sis says the water park's actual water area had a strong chlorine smell so she is hopeful that the actual play area was safe.
She had her kids there 10 days ago so she is kind of anxious---it takes 10 days to 2 weeks for symptoms to start....

http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=87996

The Tulsa City-County Health Department confirms two boys a 7-year old and a 9-year old have died. Health officials suspect both boys were infected by a deadly ameba.

They think the boys might have been infected separately and they're still investigating how and where the boys might have gotten the illness. The News on 6 has learned more about the first victim, 9-year-old Terrell Hampton. Terrell Hampton's aunt says not even a week ago her nephew was a healthy, happy nine-year-old. She says that all started to change last Sunday. And it went downhill fast from there.

Doctors think Terrell had a rare infection called Naegleria its caused by a deadly amoeba. Its found in every lake and pond in Oklahoma but its more abundant in hot, stagnant water. It has to be inhaled through the nose and its usually picked up when folks are swimming.

The health department says Terrell and the other 7-year-old victim did not know each other and probably contracted the illness separately. But Wanda McKinney says the second victim stays in the
same neighborhood with Terrell's grandmother where he spends a lot of time during the summer.

[karlrschneider]

1. I lived in Florida for 15 years and it was a common problem

well, more than a 'problem'...killed a fair number of people. I think there really is an element of 'global warming' involved.