Cathy Weed - Georgia Mom dies from fire ants.Photo:Facebook
The friends and family of a 43-year-old mom are mourning after they believe she died from an allergic reaction to fire ants.
Cathy Weed died Saturday after relatives believe she stood on a nest of fire ants at her home in Lawrenceville, Georgia, reportedWSAZ.
The mom-of-one had a history of reactions to fire ant bites and in 2018 posted onFacebookthat she was “highly allergic” to the insects.
Cathy Weed - Georgia Mom dies from fire ants.Facebook
“This epipen did not work, and my very sweet friends had to rush me to the ER to be treated,” she continued. “I was covered head to toe in hives, vomiting, full on panic attack, I felt my ear canals and throat swelling in a matter of minutes from the bite.”
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“The first inclination was, ‘What can we do to help?’” baseball coach Jason Johnson told the outlet. “They’ve done so much for other people, they’ve treated other people the right way. What can we do to help them and to take care of them?”
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“We won’t ever let him forget her,” added friend Zuhera Waite to the outlet. “Cathy always had a smile on her face. She was always just so cheerful, always cheering every boy on the team, not just her son.”
There was a moment of silence on the baseball diamond as the team honored her memory on Sunday, according toFox 5 Atlanta.
A woman spoke up during the silence, saying, “As we all know there are moments in life that are bigger than baseball.”
“We’ve got his back and we will be supporting him as he needs,” Kitt Miller, a family friend, said per the outlet. “The Mountain View community is here to rally around the family.”
Chad Johnson, a coroner’s office investigator, toldUSA Todaythat the office carried out an autopsy on Monday. He added that the official cause of death has yet to be determined.
source: people.com
