Toddler Dies of Flu; Sister Fights Cancer
Emily Lastinger, a wide-eyed toddler with a cherubic smile, had been sick with the flu for three days, but neither her parents nor her doctor were terribly worried. "It was so weird: She would spike a fever and be really sick for a few hours, then she would bounce back and be hungry and want a Popsicle and run around a bit," said her father, Joe Lastinger, a 40-year-old health care executive from Colleyville, Texas. But on Super Bowl Sunday in 2004, she began vomiting and her condition suddenly worsened. "It was a really rough night," said Lastinger, who stayed up with the 3-year-old because his wife was pregnant, ready to deliver their fourth child. On Monday morning, the toddler had a long shower and was sitting in bed watching cartoons. They had a doctor's appointment at noon.
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Emily Lastinger
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| -0.291257 | "It was so weird: She would spike a fever and be really sick for a few hours, then she would bounce back and be hungry and want a Popsicle and run around a bit," said her father, Joe Lastinger, ... |
| -0.647396 | "It was a really rough night," said Lastinger, ... |
| -0.238999 | "I was doing emails and I heard my wife start screaming upstairs," said Lastinger. |
| -0.209632 | "I was doing emails and I heard my wife start screaming upstairs," said Lastinger. "She had stopped breathing." |
| 0.397347 | "Emily was normal and healthy, and that's the thing," said Lastinger. |
| -0.0227739 | "Emily was normal and healthy, and that's the thing," said Lastinger. "They weren't recommending vaccine for kids who were normal. ... Meanwhile healthy kids were sick and dying." |
| -0.0999537 | "We applauded it, though it came slowly from our perspective," said Lastinger. |
| 0.175273 | "We applauded it, though it came slowly from our perspective," said Lastinger. "We certainly feel like had they been in place, we would have followed them, our pediatrician would have followed them and our daughter would be alive today." |
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Emily
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Dr. William Schaffner
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| -0.0122004 | "Children under 6 months of age have not been studied yet. Therefore, the flu vaccines are not licensed for use in that tender age group," said Dr. William Schaffner, ... |
| 0.28787 | "To protect them, we rely on mother's vaccination during pregnancy -- protection passes through the placenta into the baby -- as well as all contacts of the baby being vaccinated," Schaffner said. ... |
| 0 | "which puts a lot of responsibility on the parents," Schaffner said. ... |
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