The man’s son says the CDC confirmed his father’s death was caused by the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus.
a young child in Baldwin County died from EEEMobile native Matthew Sosienski is remembering his father, 73-year-old John Sosienski. He says his father’s life was tragically cut short after he was bitten by a mosquito carrying West Nile Virus.
“He had a fall- that’s what landed him in the hospital down his front porch and come to find out, the fall was caused by the West Nile- kind of messes with your equilibrium,” said Sosienski.“He was in the hospital for 12 hours before he started losing reality. Couldn’t remember things in just a few minutes, couldn’t feed himself, so it went bad really quick,” he explained.
“The day he went in there was a girl who passed away that day from EE as well. It’s just...people need to know about it,” he added.“He went from a medically-induced coma to a coma of his own, from the swelling of the brain caused by West Nile along with meningitis. His kidney failed, his heart started failing, lots of health issues. He just never came back.”“He loved going outside- fishing, canoeing, kayaking, anything outside,” said Sosienski.
On August 15, the Mobile County Health Department reported the first human case of West Nile Virus for 2023. As a result, the department enhanced mosquito control efforts in the community but would not confirm a death due to privacy reasons. Dr. Kevin P. Michaels with the Mobile County Health Department cites the tell-tale symptoms of West Nile Virus:
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