Young father dies of complicated influenza

“you Coughing badly “He had trouble breathing,” Mr. Robert Thomas recalled from his son’s side. Quinton Thomas, The 27-year-old father of three died from a complicated case of influenza.

in accordance with nbc newsLast week, Quinton Thomas of Marysville, Tennessee, was taken to the hospital with difficulty breathing.This young father usually Energetic and outgoing

he couldn’t get enough air into his lungs.

At first, the hospital sent Quenten Thomas, who not vaccinated His father said that during this season, in order to fight the flu, he had to rely on water, food and sleep to recover after returning home. But his oxygen levels were still low and he was still in pain, so he came back.

That time, doctors paid more attention to his symptoms; Things quickly got worse.

“They connect them To fans “They ended up in a coma,” said Robert Thomas, Quinton’s father. Quinton died on January 6, 2024, leaving behind an 8-year-old daughter, an 11-month-old boy and a 1-year-old boy. month old child. -Old daughter.

So far this flu season, about 9,400 people have died in the United States, 150,000 have been hospitalized, and 14 million have become sick. During the first week of January, the CDC counted 13 flu-related childhood deaths, bringing the total number of childhood deaths so far this season to 40.