Meningitis is no joke. A girl at my school got it and a bunch of people had to take meds that turned their saliva orange or something. She managed to survive, but it was touch and go for a bit.
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Mar 8 @ 3:26 PM ET
Meningitis is no joke. A girl at my school got it and a bunch of people had to take meds that turned their saliva orange or something. She managed to survive, but it was touch and go for a bit. - PhillySportsGuy
He is in a induced coma, they flew in his parents from Europe. Hope he pulls through.
Meningitis is no joke. A girl at my school got it and a bunch of people had to take meds that turned their saliva orange or something. She managed to survive, but it was touch and go for a bit. - PhillySportsGuy
Meningicoccal meningitis can kill you 8 hours after you show symptoms.
No joke is right.
"Regular" neisseria meningiditis infections aren't as deadly, but the fact that docs put this kid into a drug induced coma doesn't bode well, and his meninges is probably infected. Hate to see this poop happen to people
You know, it's interesting that you posted this video -- it's one of the final remnants of an era now gone.
When you look at that era, those particular teams...they were effing stacked. It was the last year of the CBA, pre-Salary Cap, and damn near EVERYBODY knew there was going to be a lockout, and pretty much everyone predicted it was going to be a bad one.
Teams and players built up war chests for what was to come...but in that final season, especially heading into the playoffs, teams that thought they had a realistic chance -- including the Leafs and Flyers -- put tremendous resources into readying themselves for that playoff run.
Some might also have forgotten, because it was the last time they made the playoffs before last season, but the Leafs had been on one of their all-too-infrequent successful periods, culminated by that team.
Mats Sundin, slowing down slightly as he was getting older, had bought in to a slightly more defensive style of play that was geared toward playoff success. And the Leafs went for it, bringing in Brian Leetch and Ron Francis at the trade deadline. Ed Belfour was aging but still very good, and the Leafs were a formidable opponent.
The Flyers...what can I say? Everyone who has watched this team for a long time knows that the 2003-2004 Flyers, captained by a Keith Primeau who had to know that his offensive game was gone so he transitioned to a fearsome third-line center...that was, for my money, maybe the best team they've had in the modern era. That teams was effing stacked.
The Flyers went for it, too, bringing in Alexei Zhamnov and Danny Markov and Vladimir Malakhov at the TDL...but, as everyone knows, were crippled by Eric Desjardins' injury -- they desperately needed his ability to move the puck -- and were done in by clutch-and-grab and Ruslan Fedotenko, in seven.
Glad you posted this -- brought back some good memories. The Flyers, as frustrating as they can be at times...sometimes people forget just how freaking good this franchise has been and just how many resources they pump into winning.
Under Ed Snider, for better and worse, I never, ever, ever doubt how much this franchise wants to win.
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Mar 8 @ 6:09 PM ET
Meningicoccal meningitis can kill you 8 hours after you show symptoms.
No joke is right.
"Regular" neisseria meningiditis infections aren't as deadly, but the fact that docs put this kid into a drug induced coma doesn't bode well, and his meninges is probably infected. Hate to see this poop happen to people - Giroux_Is_God
Meningococcemia, or having the bacteria in the blood, is actually the one that kills within hours. The meningitis is really bad too, but the blood infection is the one you are thinking of.
There is a vaccine for this bad disease. Young adults (college age kids in dorms) and soldiers in army barracks are places where this used to cause epidemic illness.
