It Can Happen Anywhere

Two more children dead due to an amoeba they contracted by swimming in a river.  A teenage girl in Florida and a young boy in Virginia.

Last year in Texas, a young boy died from the same brain eating amoeba, Primary Amoebic Meningoecephalitis (PAM).  This amoeba thrives in slow moving and stagnant water, including rivers. His parents have started a foundation in his name. The Kyle Lewis Amoeba Awareness Foundation.

Bless all these kids and their families.  And bless Kyle's family for trying to protect others.

Let's hope no one who's "Tubing the Trinity" (or Rocking on the River) contracts this deadly disease which has no cure.  Seems a "news" station was going to do a story on that very thing last year.  Wonder WHO told them not to?

911

Earlier this week we told you about the lack of emergency help in the far reaching annexed portion of Fort Worth.

Later that same day we received the following email.  WHO can help these folks in Fort Worth before it's literally too late?  Anyone in downtown maybe?  City Hall?  Incumbents running for council?  Outgoing mayor?  Anyone involved in the Trinity River Vision?  Anyone???

Point proven again. My neighbor's father in law thought he was having a stroke this evening around 7pm. From the time the 911 call was put in, it was almost 40 minutes later before Medstar showed up. They said they were the closest to us here across from the Northwest School and West of TMS. They were at Northside drive and Interstate 35. They also informed us if it had been 4:30 or so the wait time would have been longer.

Someone has to help.