Fort Myers girl, 17, dead from coronavirus complications, according to reports

[bronxiteforever]

Tampa Bay Times
6/24/20
By Dennis Joyce
Published Earlier today
Updated 6 hours ago

Complications from COVID-19 claimed the life Tuesday of a 17-year-old Fort Myers high student, one of the youngest victims of the pandemic in Florida, according to news and social media accounts.

Carsyn Davis was admitted Friday to Golisano Children’s Hospital in Fort Myers, according to a GoFundMe page organized by friends. Two days later, on her 17th birthday, she was admitted to the intensive care unit with COVID-19.

She was airlifted Monday to a hospital across the state for respiratory care and died Tuesday, according to the GoFundMe age.

On Saturday, the state Department of Health confirmed the death from coronavirus of a 17-year-old boy in Pasco County. He was the only minor and the youngest victim at the time of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. The boy has not been publicly identified.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/06/24/fort-myers-girl-17-dead-from-coronavirus-complications-according-to-accounts/

[LizBeth]

1. Why did they have to fly her across the state for respiratory care? The hospital that full?

[bronxiteforever]

4. Good question. I did find this

“ The next day she was airlifted to a hospital across the state to be put on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a machine similar to the heart-lung by-pass machine used in open-heart surgery, for cardiac and respiratory support, according to a GoFundMe set up to help support her family.”

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/17-year-old-dies-coronavirus-florida/67-ffabd4ab-cd62-4d0b-9530-0204408a8689

She was also a member of the Cypress Lake High School Orchestra.

[blitzen]

14. For ECMO. There are only a few machines in each state...

I'm sorry she didn't make it. ECMO saved my now 23 year old son's life when he was a newborn.

[LizBeth]

16. Interesting. Thanks.

[LisaL]

15. For her to get a more advanced care.

[crickets]

2. That's so awful. Her poor parents.

People really need to get their heads out of their rear ends and wear a mask. That alone would make such a difference.

[bronxiteforever]

5. +10000 State government matters too.

[CentralMass]

3. :-(

[marie999]

6. Did I read that right?

First, a 17-year-old boy dies Saturday, and then a 17-year-old girl dies Tuesday?

[bronxiteforever]

7. Yes you did :(

[marie999]

8. That's horrible. nt

[lpbk2713]

9. Her governor says the mask rule is not needed.

Especially for young people these two deceased kids age.







" ... many of the newly infected are younger individuals who are less at risk of becoming severely ill."

He was quoted as saying this yesterday. The same day Carsyn Davis died. No doubt she was in isolation and her parents couldn't be with her when she took her last breath.

Republican politicians are the enemy of the people.

[bronxiteforever]

18. +100

[malaise]

19. Precisely

Until citizens sue these scumbags for criminal negligence this shit will continue

[DBoon]

21. Sue? they should be tarred and feathered and publicly humiliated

A court of law is too polite for someone who is killing 17 year olds

[malaise]

24. True

[Initech]

10. This right here is a perfect example of WHY ELECTIONS MATTER!!!

Think they don't? This is a tragedy that could have easily been avoided had Florida elected a competent governor instead of this fucking imbecile Ron DeSantis, who does not care and is actually trying to make things worse. Vote like your life depends on it people, because one day it literally might.

[fmdaddio]

11. Close to home

I do not post often here but read the posts daily and needed to respond to this. My daughter went to school with Carsyn and was so distraught by this news. They shared a choir class together. Not sure why she was airlifted to the east coast. I was suprised however by how many adults I talked to who said that they thought only old people die from this virus. I guess you should never underestimate the amount of ignorance in this country. BTW the family needs help financially so any contributions to their go fund me page would help. Too many people suffering from this virus and our broken health care system.

[octoberlib]

12. So sorry. Thank you for your post. I don't know if this is what happened in Carsyn's case but in

some younger people their immune system overreacts and starts attacking their organs.

[Cha]

20. Yes, thank you for your post, Imdaddio..

[lpbk2713]

13. Link to Carsyn's GoFundMe page ----

Link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fightingwithcarsyn

The boy who died Saturday still hasn't been identified yet. If there
is word of a GoFundMe for him later I will edit this post.

[Heartstrings]

17. FWIW

All deaths from Covid result from complications of the virus. Once the lungs are filled with the mortar-like substance this virus has been compared to, every major organ is working at full capacity to sustain life. That takes a toll on the heart and kidneys, especially. Seeings all our organs are connected, if one major one goes down, the rest are taxed and can be overloaded.

No one ever died of AIDS itself, they died because Aids compromised their immune systems leaving them vulnerable to other infections or diseases. I think the same will be said about the Coronavirus.

Sad for such a young life to be taken....fly high, Carsyn!

[uponit7771]

23. +1

[sagetea]

22. I wonder why the boy has not been

publicly identified? That bothers me...

That poor boy...that poor girl...We need to be safe.


Ho`

sage