Elizabeth Victoria English, 12, a student at Rim Country Middle School, died of COVID in December.
Her death was sudden and unexpected â no one even knew she had COVID.
Her mother, Carrie English, contacted the
Roundup to share her daughterâs story and make parents aware of the COVID-19 complication of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).
While most children who become infected with the COVID-19 virus have mild symptoms, MIS-C is a serious condition that appears to be linked to COVID-19.
Englishâs parents did not know sheâd contracted COVID-19 until after her death when an antibody test done by Phoenix Childrenâs Hospital came back positive. She had in fact had the coronavirus, but had been asymptomatic. The rest of the English family had tested negative for COVID-19.
Gila County has set the pace for the state when it comes to moving through the COVID-19 risk groups with vaccination clinics to administer the first of two required shots,
Meet the new Banner Payson Medical Center CEO, Hoyt Skabelund. Fresh from Colorado and replacing Lance Porter, who moved within the Banner System to serve as CEO at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyo.
2020 has been a year of many hats worn by Skabelund. He began the year as CEO of Sterling Regional Med Center in Sterling, Colo., within the Banner System. As he now joins BPMC as CEO, he is coming from the CEO position for Banner s Northern Colorado hospitals, having that role since only February of 2020.
Skabelund joined Banner in 2014 as CEO of Banner Churchill Community hospital and admits that he feels most at home in rural healthcare, having strong roots in rural community life.
A living Nativity event is planned from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 19 at the parking lot of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 913 S. Ponderosa St.
Presented by families from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a drive-thru live Nativity program is a victory in the ongoing effort to follow health guidelines without losing the spirit of Christmas.
A congregation at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plans to host the live Nativity scene in the churchâs parking lot on the evening of Dec. 19.
The Christmas event will feature a series scenes from the biblical Nativity story, that members of the public can view from the safety of their cars.