November 4th, 2009

Reports the Gettysburg Times:

Five-year-old Kyree James Gamble died Saturday at Hershey Medical Center, the first swine flu death in Adams County.

The Littlestown boy and his mother, Marci Place, were visiting in Virginia when Kyree became sick and they decided to return home. At first, the return trip was simply cautionary. According to family friend and employer Megan Shreve, the little guy was running a low grade fever, and had no sore throat or headache to indicate his apparent illness was serious.

“Everything seemed like he was just not feeling well,” Shreve said.

But by the time they arrived home, Kyree was worse, so she took him to the Gettysburg Emergency Room. From there he was sent by helicopter to Hershey where, three weeks later, he succumbed.

Read the rest of the story at the Gettysburg Times.