[Foundation-l] California E. Coli Epidemic Reaches Wikipedia Community

[Ray Saintonge]

Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote:

>My 2 year old son, Alexej Martin Merkey, was admitted to Primary 
>Childrens Hospital in Salt lake City this afternoon in
>Serious condition due to our family (and others in Utah) getting exposed 
>to this virulent strain of E. Coli from California
>on contaminated Spinach.   We had some of this crap in our house and 
>alexej ate a some of it, as did my wife and I. 
>
(snip)

>Both my wife and I appear to also have been infected, but since we are 
>adults, out systems dealt with it more effectively.
>
>Bottom line, DONT BUY OR EAT ANY SPINACH FROM CALIFORNIA FOR NOW.
>
>All my love.   Hopefully, he will home soon.  
>
>Jeff
>
Of course we all hear about this kind of problem on the news, but it's 
not the same when you can put a personal face on it.

I'm sure that I'm not alone in hoping that Alexej will soon be home to 
give his parents a healthy bout of the terrible twos.  We also look 
forward to his edits in a few years.

Best of luck!

Ray