Megan Shreve, a family friend of the youngest Swine Flu victim in PA, tells CBS 21 News, "He was healthy." In an interview today she said several weeks ago 5-year-old Kyree Gamble's mom took him to the Gettysburg Hospital Emergency Room with a fever after he was lethargic and "not himself". By the next day he was taken to Hershey Medical Center and had problems breathing. 22 days later after doctors confirmed he had the swine flu the energetic happy boy died of pneumonia.
The State Department of Health announced Tuesday Gamble died Saturday of complications from the H1N1 virus.
Gamble's mother was too distraught to talk wih us but told Shreve she feels doctors did everything they could.
Gamble had no pre-existing medical conditions. He attended kindergarden in the Littlestown School District at Rolling Acres Elementary School. It's not clear if Gamble was vacinated. School officials tell CBS 21 News they are pre-registered to administer the vaccines but have not received them yet.
Today parents outside the school said in light of Kyree's death they want the vaccines sooner. The State Department of Health says they cannot give preference for a school district based on that and they currently have a system that is working to get the vaccines out.
