Juanita Thomas is a lesson in patience and resilience.
She survived a frightening case of COVID-19 last March. Only now she has another reason to hope.
On Monday, the 93-year-old received her second dose of the coronavirus vaccine. It s a tremendous relief, but Thomas won t suddenly return to life as she knew it and the nonagenarian led a very active life at that. We re not going to just have all the freedoms that we had before and all the activities, Thomas said. It s going to take time.
Newly vaccinated seniors who have endured almost a year of painful separation from family and friends are starting to plan for life after the vaccine with cautious optimism. They re left with difficult questions.
4 Possible Causes of Hearing Loss in Children
By Taylor Weeks Reviewed by Jordan Glicksman, MD, FRCSC, MPH on February 16, 2021 Share on Facebook Email While hearing loss can affect people of any age, some causes of hearing loss are more prevalent in children than in adults.
Hearing loss has many different causes and can range in severity from mild to profound. According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, hearing loss can be broadly categorized as either acquired (hearing loss that develops at any point after birth) or congenital (present at birth). Hearing loss can be caused by a number of factors, some of which are more common in children than in adults.
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An 83-year-old Huntley man was killed Friday in a two-vehicle crash near St. Charles that closed a portion of Randall Road for nearly five hours, Kane County sheriff s officials said in a news release.
Fred Thomas was driving his Honda Accord south on Randall Road near the intersection of Bolcum Road when, for an unknown reason, his car crossed the centerline and collided with a Chevrolet Equinox that was traveling north, according to the release.
Thomas was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Equinox, a 40-year-old Aurora woman who was alone in her vehicle, was transported to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital with nonlife threating injuries.
An 83-year-old man died in a car crash Friday morning in St. Charles Township.
Fred Thomas was pronounced dead at the scene after he drove his Honda Accord across the center line and hit a Chevy Equinox, according to the Kane County sheriff’s office.
The crash happened about 6:15 a.m. at Randall and Bolcum roads.
The driver of the other car, a 40-year-old woman, was taken to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.
It was unclear why Thomas’ car went across the center line, the sheriff’s office said. Overnight, more than an inch of snow fell on the Chicago area.
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