Paul Stahl
I was very sorry to hear of the death of a distant cousin Paul Stahl, 25, in South Dakota. The first paragraph is from my uncle and trhe remainder appeared in local newspapers.
I don't know if you have been informed that Janet & Robert Stahl's only son Paul died Oct. 9th. He had contacted hantavirus. It is a virus which can be inhaled from deer mouse dropppings; urine or saliva & there is no known cure for it other than one's own body being able to fight off the virus. He had not felt well & began to run a high fever later turning into nausea & flu like symtoms. He & Megan have a 6 mos. old little girl. They have been advised not to enter their manufactured home ,as they have no idea of where he might have contacted the virus, so are temporarily staying at Jamet & Roberts.
Paul Stahl, 25, of Bridgewater, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls of a sudden illness.His funeral will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. in the Bridgewater gym.Burial will be in Bridgewater Cemetery.Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. today at Zion Mennonite Church of Bridgewater with the family present from 7 to 8 p.m.He was born July 27, 1982, at Sioux Falls to Robert and Janet Stahl. He attended Lake Area Technical Institute and farmed in Bridgewater with his family.He married Megan Juhnke in 2004. She serves on the South Dakota State Fair Commission.He is survived by his wife; parents; grandparents, Paul and Hulda Stahl and Betty Fillbach; and parents-in-law, Kent and Sandy Juhnke.He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Myron Fillbach.
Paul Stahl, 25, was working in his machine shop in Emery when he felt light-headed and dizzy Oct. 2.Within days, he felt sore muscles, a tightening chest and spiked a fever of 103.8 degrees. Stahl of Bridgewater went to a clinic in Salem on Oct. 5, then to Sanford USD Medical Center's emergency room that night. Hospital tests showed he had a virus, but doctors said it would have to run its course, Stahl's wife, Megan, said.When Stahl had nausea, a constant fever and deep muscle aches last weekend, he returned to the E.R. on Sunday, where he was admitted and had several tests for meningitis. They showed nothing abnormal.
A chest X-ray on Monday pointed doctors in the right direction when it showed that Stahl had interstitial pneumonia in both lungs - which is less common. An infectious-disease doctor began exploring whether hantavirus was an option, Megan Stahl, 25, said.After being put on a respirator to help with breathing, her husband died the next day in the intensive care unit.
"There is no way to pinpoint exactly where he contracted it," Megan Stahl said, adding her husband hadn't been out of state. "He loved the farm. He enjoyed being outside with the cattle, dogs and horses. ... We want to prevent this from happening to someone else."South Dakota has seen 13 cases of the disease since 1993. Of those, four have resulted in death, including one a year for the past three years.State Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger said hantavirus can strike any time of the year. It's caused by a virus carried by rodents, primarily the deer mouse, and results in hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. That causes the lungs to fill with fluid and can cause respiratory failure.
The virus is found in mouse droppings, urine or saliva, which release the virus into the air when disturbed, Kightlinger said.It's best to treat mouse droppings or nests with bleach and water - and to let it soak - before carefully wiping it up and bagging it for disposal, Kightlinger said.
Hantavirus is not contagious or transmittable from human to human. Researchers don't know why some people exposed to the virus get sick while others don't, Kightlinger said.There have been 465 cases of hantavirus diagnosed since it was first detected in 1993 in the southwestern U.S. Deer mice are located throughout South Dakota.Symptoms usually appear within two to four weeks of exposure and include fatigue, fever, muscle ache, coughing, vomiting and diarrhea.
Paul Stahl was laid to rest Friday, with services at the Bridgewater gym. Along with his wife, he is survived by a 7-month-old daughter, Sydney; his parents, Robert and Janet; three grandparents; and his parents-in-law.
I don't know if you have been informed that Janet & Robert Stahl's only son Paul died Oct. 9th. He had contacted hantavirus. It is a virus which can be inhaled from deer mouse dropppings; urine or saliva & there is no known cure for it other than one's own body being able to fight off the virus. He had not felt well & began to run a high fever later turning into nausea & flu like symtoms. He & Megan have a 6 mos. old little girl. They have been advised not to enter their manufactured home ,as they have no idea of where he might have contacted the virus, so are temporarily staying at Jamet & Roberts.
Paul Stahl, 25, of Bridgewater, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls of a sudden illness.His funeral will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. in the Bridgewater gym.Burial will be in Bridgewater Cemetery.Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. today at Zion Mennonite Church of Bridgewater with the family present from 7 to 8 p.m.He was born July 27, 1982, at Sioux Falls to Robert and Janet Stahl. He attended Lake Area Technical Institute and farmed in Bridgewater with his family.He married Megan Juhnke in 2004. She serves on the South Dakota State Fair Commission.He is survived by his wife; parents; grandparents, Paul and Hulda Stahl and Betty Fillbach; and parents-in-law, Kent and Sandy Juhnke.He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Myron Fillbach.
Paul Stahl, 25, was working in his machine shop in Emery when he felt light-headed and dizzy Oct. 2.Within days, he felt sore muscles, a tightening chest and spiked a fever of 103.8 degrees. Stahl of Bridgewater went to a clinic in Salem on Oct. 5, then to Sanford USD Medical Center's emergency room that night. Hospital tests showed he had a virus, but doctors said it would have to run its course, Stahl's wife, Megan, said.When Stahl had nausea, a constant fever and deep muscle aches last weekend, he returned to the E.R. on Sunday, where he was admitted and had several tests for meningitis. They showed nothing abnormal.
A chest X-ray on Monday pointed doctors in the right direction when it showed that Stahl had interstitial pneumonia in both lungs - which is less common. An infectious-disease doctor began exploring whether hantavirus was an option, Megan Stahl, 25, said.After being put on a respirator to help with breathing, her husband died the next day in the intensive care unit.
"There is no way to pinpoint exactly where he contracted it," Megan Stahl said, adding her husband hadn't been out of state. "He loved the farm. He enjoyed being outside with the cattle, dogs and horses. ... We want to prevent this from happening to someone else."South Dakota has seen 13 cases of the disease since 1993. Of those, four have resulted in death, including one a year for the past three years.State Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger said hantavirus can strike any time of the year. It's caused by a virus carried by rodents, primarily the deer mouse, and results in hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. That causes the lungs to fill with fluid and can cause respiratory failure.
The virus is found in mouse droppings, urine or saliva, which release the virus into the air when disturbed, Kightlinger said.It's best to treat mouse droppings or nests with bleach and water - and to let it soak - before carefully wiping it up and bagging it for disposal, Kightlinger said.
Hantavirus is not contagious or transmittable from human to human. Researchers don't know why some people exposed to the virus get sick while others don't, Kightlinger said.There have been 465 cases of hantavirus diagnosed since it was first detected in 1993 in the southwestern U.S. Deer mice are located throughout South Dakota.Symptoms usually appear within two to four weeks of exposure and include fatigue, fever, muscle ache, coughing, vomiting and diarrhea.
Paul Stahl was laid to rest Friday, with services at the Bridgewater gym. Along with his wife, he is survived by a 7-month-old daughter, Sydney; his parents, Robert and Janet; three grandparents; and his parents-in-law.
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