Have your friends, family or coworkers caught the flu recently? They’re not the only ones. Flu season is here. In fact, cases are climbing in Nueces County as temperatures start to drop.
Six year old Aiden Garza paid a visit to Amistad Health this week.
“He ended up with the flu this past season,” mother April Mauricio said.
His mom, April, said he started feeling sick on his last day of school before winter break.
“When they’re that age, there is no boundaries,” Mauricio said.
She noticed he wasn’t his usual self.
“He’s normally bouncing off the walls, excited about life. He was very fatigued. He didn’t want to move.”
She took him to the emergency room where she learned how much the flu has been spread around.
“When we got there, the nurse said out of 160 something kids, 120 were positive for the flu,” Mauricio said.
CEO of Amistad Health Dr. Eric Baggerman said the spike in flu cases hit Nueces County in December, and as the weather gets colder, it’s not likely to go away just yet.