West Nile Outbreak

  • mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    August 27, 2012 at 9:23 pm #1095183

    I heard its pretty bad too, about a dozen states with known cases and some have died.

    GEEMAN
    Fort Atkinson , WI
    Posts: 281
    August 28, 2012 at 12:17 am #1095206

    My elderly neighbor came down with it a couple years ago. 2nd documented case in Wisconsin that year. He already had Parkinsons disease and the West Nile really screwed him up bad. He’s always been a super active outdoorsmen and nothing slows him down but this stuff had him laid up in the hospital for 3 weeks. It was touch and go whether he would even live there for a while. When he got out, he couldn’t walk without the aid of a walker for about 3-4 months and couldn’t drive. As he improved he went to a cane but he basically lost the use of his right foot in the end. It took a year of physical therapy but he finally got one of those high tech carbon fiber? inserts to aid his right foot and can now get around almost as good as he did pre West Nile. It’s been a long,tough haul for him but he never complained one bit even when I had to pick him up off the ice because his legs gave out. I’m not so sure I could say the same had I gone through what he has.

    timmy
    Posts: 1960
    August 28, 2012 at 1:36 am #1095225

    Traffic is more dangerous……

    jiggin-rake
    inver grove heights, minnesota
    Posts: 857
    August 28, 2012 at 5:35 am #1095258

    My dad got extremely sick from west nile 5 years ago.

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