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Avoid the Flu This Season: Tips from Infection Control at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs
Ben Pegues is an RN at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital and works daily in the Infection Control department of the hospital. Not a bedside nurse, Ben and his colleagues in Infection Control are a team on the lookout for infection in every department of the hospital, from surgeries to ICU and of course, with infectious diseases like the Flu. During a KSST Morning Show interview, Ben gave some insight into where we stand locally this Flu Season. He reports that as of this week, there have been 268 cases of Flu reported in hospitals and clinics in Hopkins County, compared to 868 at this time in 2018. Additionally, Ben gave some tips on avoiding becoming a Flu victim this season.
Because Flu strains are transmitted mainly from person to person through droplets made when coughing or sneezing, talking and touching, the three top preventive practices are:
- Get a Flu shot. It’s never too late to get your Flu shot! If you didn’t get yours back in the Fall, do so now. Babies can receive a Flu shot under care of a Pediatrician, and the elderly may need a high-dose Flu vaccine.
- Good hand hygiene is vital. That means frequent hand washing with soap and water, washing for at least 15-30 seconds. Or use an alchohol-based hand gel.
- Avoid crowds during Flu season. And whenever you cough or sneeze, do so into a tissue or the crook of your sleeve. Make this a year-round habit.
Don’t know if your symptoms are that of Flu or just a cold? Body aches and fever indicate Flu. And if you suspect the Flu, STAY AT HOME! until you have been fever-free for at least 24 hours.
There is more than one strain of Influenza which may affect us in Hopkins County and for which you may have been vaccinated against. Flu season runs from October 1 until March 30. At the end of Flu season, the CDC, Centers for Disease Control, analyzes all data provided from hospitals and clinics around the world, and creates a strategy to battle next year’s strains.
As an Infection Control team member, it’s Ben’s job to report weekly to CDC of the positive cases of Flu at work in Hopkins County. Making up the rest of the team is Kari Draper, Director of Infection, Quality and Risk, Cheyenne McClung as Accreditation Co-ordinator and Jodee Miller as Quality Coordinator. It’s good to know that the Infection Control team at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital is on the job year-round and especially through Flu Season!
“Shawls of Love” Volunteers Filling Local Need During American Heart Month
‘Shawls of Love’ volunteers from Sulphur Springs have joined the American Heart Association in connection with The Children’s Heart Foundation to celebrate American Heart Month by knitting and crocheting red hats for babies born in February at Christus Mother Frances Hospital. The crochet group meets monthly at the Sulphur Springs Seniors Center, and members also work on their projects at home and during their own time. During the January 28 meeting, members packaged some of their work for delivery.
“Little Hats, Big Hearts” is an organization which honors babies, moms, and heart-healthy lives in a very special way. Nationwide supporters knit and crochet red hats to be given out to thousands of babies in our country during American Heart Month in order to empower moms to live heart healthy lives and to help their children do the same. “Little Hats, Big Hearts” started in February 2014 in Chicago, IL and collected 300 hats in the first year. The program has now expanded to more than 40 states. The Shawls of Love group in Sulphur Springs began participating last year.
Shawls of Love Volunteers:
Left to Right: Jo Williams, Nancy Hoffman, Edith Hankins, Mary Ellen Little, Roswitha Grizzle and Hillis Bass.
This February, the local group plans to donate 50 red hats to the Neonatal unit at Christus Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs. Stacy Wetzel, a volunteer from Sulphur Springs Imaging, will deliver the blankets and caps. The Shawls of Love Group also made and donated 11 Blankets and 5 Cancer Caps to Home bound, Hospice and Cancer Patients. Together we are working to raise awareness, provide resources, and inspire moms to take their family’s heart health to heart while also raising awareness about Congenital Heart Defects. If you are interested in learning to Knit or Crochet please join the ladies on the 4th Monday of each month at 10:00 AM at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center 150 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Would you like to help? Contact the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center at 903-885-1661 or drop by to learn how to get involved!
Coaches Show: Wildcats, Lady Cats Basketball
Clark Cipoletta Pleased With Win Over Lindale Last Friday
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta is starting a lot of interviews lately by saying how proud of his team he is. Coach Cipoletta was on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday (January 26) Morning Coaches Show. The Wildcats defeated Lindale at home, 58-41 last Friday night. Coach
Cipoletta said the Wildcats, now ranked #4, did a good job of executing the game plan against the Eagles. Lindale’s 7-foot-1 center, Cody Collinsworth a University of Portland commit, had 8 first half points but was held to zero points in the second half. Coach Cipoletta said Wildcats 6-foot-9 post Xavier Cork played tough defense on the big Lindale center and also did a good job of blocking him out on rebounds. Coach Cipoletta said Cork played well on both sides of the ball scoring 17 points. Cameron Kahn led the Wildcats with 22 points making 15 of 18 foul shots. Grayson McClure had 10 points including two on a driving layup. Coach Cipoletta said McClure is a hard worker and his success is a reflection of the hard work he puts in. Guard Jeremiah Roland had 5 points but as usual was very impressive on defense. Lamodrick Johnson had two points on a cat-quick drive to the basket.
However Coach Cipoletta said he was most pleased with the Wildcats overall defense. He said the Wildcats were able to take Lindale out of what they wanted to do. The Wildcats end the first half of district play at 5-0. Their season record is 19-8. In the second half, four of the Wildcats five games are on the road.
Coach Cipoletta agreed that the Wildcats have to go back to the road tournament mentality. It starts with a road contest Tuesday at Greenville. Coach Cipoletta said the Wildcats will be catching the Lions at the their best. Greenville soundly defeated Mount Pleasant on Friday. Quin Anderson is lighting it up according to Coach Cipoletta. Coach Cipoletta hopes to get Day Day Hall back for the Greenville contest. Coach Cipoletta said every district road contest is at a tough place to play.
Lady Cats Basketball Assistant Jeremy DeLorge Discusses Lady Cats Big Win Over Lindale Friday
Lady Cats Assistant Basketball Coach Jeremy DeLorge, on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday (January 26) Morning Coaches Show, said the Lady Cats 62-21 victory over Lindale Friday at home was amazing and a good solid team game. He said the Lady Cats got out to such a quick lead, it allowed Lady Cats Coach Brittney Tisdell to substitute early in the game.
Coach DeLorge said the Lady Cats younger players get valuable experience due to minutes on the court. He said the Lady Cats placed three players in double figures with Sadavia Porter with 19 points, Autumn Tanton with 13 points and Danielle Godbolt with 12 points. Coach DeLorge was also pleased to see junior Latavia Smith score 7 points off the bench. Sophomore Kerie Wright also got valuable playing time according to Coach DeLorge. He said the Lady Cats got 22 big steals with Porter getting 7, Tanton 4 and Kate Womack 3. Coach DeLorge said Womack was a valuable player off the bench because she can play so many positions.
He was very impressed with the Lady Cats defense against the Lady Eagles as they allowed only 21 points over four quarters. He said the Lady Cats held Lindale to less than 20% shooting. Coach DeLorge said the defensive effort was on of the Lady Cats best of the season.
Next the Lady Cats have a district rematch at Greenville Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. The Lady Cats are now 4-3 in district play and 22-6 for the season.
Lady Cat Softball Wins Pair of Scrimmage Games at Pittsburg; At Forney Monday
The Lady Cats’ softball team won a pair of scrimmage games Saturday (January 26) at Pittsburg defeating the host, 4-0 and then Longview, 1-0. Lady Cats Coach David Carrillo said he thought the team played pretty well for a first scrimmage. He said the Lady Cats moved the ball around a little bit in the first game but then struggled in the second game.
Coach Carrillo said the team finally got to play on a field and to face live pitching. In the 4-0 win over Pittsburg, Lady Cats pitcher Bailey Haggerty allowed only a single hit and struck out five. The Lady Cats collected six hit and scored a single run in the second inning and three big runs in the fourth inning.
For the Lady Cats Alli Fite, Sierra Smith and Sadie Stroud all had two hits. Smith had 2 RBI’s as did Maddie Millsap. In the win over Longview, pitchers Tessa Holt and freshman Addison Caddell combined for a one-hit shutout. Holt had 2 strikeouts and Caddell had one. The Lady Cats got a run in the fourth inning. Stroud and Brinkley Driver had the hits and Driver got the RBI.
Weather permitting, the Lady Cats will play two scrimmage games in Forney Monday. The Lady Cats play the defending state champs Forney at 4 p.m. and then Plano East right after the first game. Saturday the Lady Cats have their Rockwall scrimmage facing the host at 11:45 a.m. and then The Colony at 1:30 p.m.
Wildcat Tennis Collected Five Medals at Hallsville Tourney
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said he was happy and perhaps a little amazed by his team’s showing at their first tournament at Hallsville Friday (January 25) in cold weather. He said the team collected five medals.
Coach Martinez had said before the match he expected his team to play deeper into tournaments this season. They did that. He said in year’s past, the team exited tournaments quickly. Coach Martinez said he was pleased his team got so much on the court experience.
#1 boys singles player Jonah Kirkpatrick lost his first match in bitter cold weather but then rallied in a consolation final match to win the Boys A Singles. Coach Martinez said the boys doubles team of Aaron Lucas and Logan Schumacher lost a match to a team from Shreveport that won the tournament but then rallied to take third place in Boys A Doubles. Due to an injury, Coach Martinez said he put a couple of freshmen together in Mixed Doubles. He said Emily Dick and Alex Romero had experience playing together in the 8th grade. They ended up taking 4th place. He also paired senior Zoe Wilson with freshman Paige Miesse in Girls Doubles.
They lost in the consolation final. Coach Martinez said he also went to a pair that played together last year as Brandon Dittrich and Michael McCord lost in the final match in Boys B Doubles finishing second.
The Wildcats play in a Waxahachie tournament this Friday. In the field is a powerful Red Oak team.
Wildcats Powerlifting Places 3rd at Emory Rains Meet
The Wildcats’ powerlifting team took third place at an Emory Rains meet Saturday (January 26). Powerlifting Coach Casey Jeter said 10 Wildcats earned medals and all lifters had at least one personal best lift. He said the lifters weight lifting totals went up as they competed much better than they did at their home meet on January 12.
For the Wildcats, Jacob Semler finished 4th in the 114 pound weight class. Oscar Yanez was 3rd in the 123 pound weight class. Jessie Carrillo was 4th in the 148 pound weight class. Carson Bridges was 2nd in the 181 pound weight class. Coach Jeter said Bridges’ weight total increased a lot as he did a 510 pound squat, a 280 pound bench press and a 550 pound dead lift. George Greenway was 2nd in the 198 pound weight class including a 545 pound squat. Caden Davis was 3rd in the 198 pound weight class as he had a 300 pound bench press and 450 pound lifts in both squat and dead lift. Jakob Jonaitus took 2nd in the Super Heavyweight Class with a 600 pound squat, 300 pound bench press and 425 pound dead lift. Alfredo Olavide took 3rd place in the Super Heavyweight Class. Coach Jeter said two girls competed at Rains. Addy Lamb took 4th place in the 123 pound weight class. At her first meet, Sable Edemeyer placed 5th in the 181 pound weight class.
The Wildcats will go to a Commerce meet on February 16.
PJC-Sulphur Springs Continuing Education
ADULT EDUCATION
Small Business Development Center Counselor/instructor Jim Struwe assists students in a level 1 Quickbooks continuing education course in the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center computer classroom. The students include, from top, Justin Lopez, Chuck Superville, Maria Yanez and Alondra Ledesma. For information about other classes, call 903-885-1232.
