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| Duane Preston Gooding |
| June 9, 1953 - June 30, 1993 |
| Duane
was "40" and was VERY athletic. He was a Wonderful Husband,
Daddy and friend. He never met a stranger and would do anything for anyone!
He was playing 3-on-3 street ball in Dallas,TX ...towards the end of the
weekend he started complaining of a pain in his leg ...we made it back
to Tulsa,OK...and he continued to feel bad. I took him to the emergency
room (where the ER doctor missed diagnosed him) telling us that he had
PULLED A MUSCLE in his leg! They sent us home with pain killers and telling
him to elevate his leg (which are BOTH the wrong thing to do!). Approximately
four hours later I was taking him back to the ER only this time I WAS
NOT LEAVING!!! It went from bad to worse!! He passed away 30 hours later
leaving me (his wife of 14 years) widowed at 30 and two small boys (ages
3 and 6). As the years have gone on we have survived but I continually
think of him and the pain he endured (that could have been avoided) had
they of diagnosed him properly in the first place!
I would love to support a bill requiring that there be MORE EDUCATION on this disease and better AWARENESS! The kicker to the story is that the week-end before we went to our hospital there had been a seminar on "WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THIS DISEASE AND HOW TO TREAT IT!!!" In Loving Memory of |
Stephanie Gooding Williams L8rgatr@msn.com Tulsa, OK USA October 2005 |
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