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I read this today and had to share.. SAD.. SCARY

Metro Woman Dies From Probable H1N1 After Giving Birth

Husband Now Deals With Raising Family On His Own

POSTED: 6:19 am CDT September 29, 2009

UPDATED: 8:00 am CDT September 29, 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A woman from the Northland died of probable complications from H1N1 Monday morning after giving birth and slipping into a coma for more than a month.Angie Stutevile died Monday morning at North Kansas City Hospital.Stuteville came down with flu symptoms days before her son Jaxson was born in August, which was shortly after her two other children recovered from a likely bout of H1N1 with the help of the anti-viral drug Tamaflu.Stuteville's husband said Angie's doctor wouldn't give her the drug, due to her pregnancy, and that pregnancy may have been what made her more susceptible to a deadly respiratory failure that's a known complication from H1N1.Her husband, Travis Stuteville, a police officer, said her story is one every pregnant woman needs to hear and learn from.Now, he's urging pregnant women with symptoms or sick kids to take precautions and demand early treatment/intervention."If I could protect any woman out there I'd say if you feel sick, go to your doctor," Travis Stuteville said. "Make sure to keep your hands clean, whatever you can do. Because this is...it's hard. My wife never got to hold her baby."Travis said Angie was 31, fit and healthy, before the complications arose.Travis' fellow Kansas City police officers donated almost three months worth of sick days so far so Travis could be with the children and Angie during her illness.A fund has been set up at Bank of America in the name of Jaxson Stuteville to help pay for medical expenses. That fund can be donated to at any Bank of America branch.