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So Sad
I just came across this from the Tradewinds. Such a shame, I would always deal with her while booking a room at Caneel. She was always so nice. Does anyone know what happened? Wishing all the support and prayers to her family.
http://www.tradewinds.vi/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=38
http://www.tradewinds.vi/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=38
In case the link isn't working:
Celebration of Sandie Brown's Life Set for September 5 at Turtle Point
Written by Author as indicated
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 19:41
Sandra Lynne Brown graced this world with her invisible angel wings on August 11, 1963, born to Jimmy Hal and Bobbye Darlene (Harden) Brown in Clovis, NM.
She left her home on earth on August 20, 2010 after a short illness.
“Sandie” went to Onate Elementary School (Albuquerque, NM), Jackson Middle School (Albuquerque, NM), Cherry Creek Middle School (Denver, CO), and Columbine High School (Littleton, CO). She attended college at Western State University (Gunnison, CO).
Sandie’s career history is impressive and showed consistent professionalism and mastery of communication and customer service skills.
Beginning with her most recent employment she worked for: Caneel Bay, St. John, USVI; Little Dix Bay, Virgin Gorda, BVI ; Konocti Harbor Resort, Clear Lake, CA; Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, CO; Chequit Inn, Shelter Island, NY; The Doral, NYC; JY Ranch, Jackson Hole, WY; The Boulders, Phoenix, AZ; Grand Teton Lodge Company, Moran, WY; The Country Dinner Theater; Fashion Conspiracy, Denver, CO; and McDonalds, Littleton CO.
Sandie has been described as the heart and soul of Caneel Bay, where she always treated her own team, colleagues, and guests with integrity and respect. Even when Sandie worked abroad, she always returned to her cherished home, St John.
She will be remembered by those who knew and loved her as a compassionate, generous, thoughtful, fun, intelligent, talented and loving woman who had a firm and steady zest for life; whoever she was with felt like they were the most important person in the universe.
Mark Campion and Sandie met nearly 20 years ago at Arapahoe Basin in Colorado. They became the best of friends and were married on October 17, 2004 on St. John. Being around Sandie and Mark was like the best comedy show you’d ever seen. They always knew what the other was thinking and considered themselves as true companions and soul mates.
Sandie was preceded in death by both of her grandmothers, Lorene Harden and Maxine Brown, her maternal grandfather, T.A. Harden, and her very best dawgie, Pali.
She is survived by Jimmy and Bobbye (Harden) Brown of Angel Fire, NM, sister, Jamie Brown and nephew Weston Brown of Angel Fire, NM, sister, Christie (Brown), and brother-in-law Barry O’Hanlon and their children Meaghan, Sarah, Tyler John, and Katie of Montrose, CO, and her paternal grandfather, Hoyet Brown also of Montrose, CO, in-laws, John and Susan Campion of San Diego, CA, brother-in laws, Patrick, of Basalt, CO and Mike of San Diego, CA and sister-in-law, Stacy and niece, Katie Michelle Campion of San Diego.
Additionally, she is survived by her aunt and uncle, Tom and Charlotte Harden of Clovis, NM and their 3 children: Tyler (Emily), Tiffany (Brian) and J (Kathy). Special friends include Dorie Cox, Jan (Dan) Wyckoff, Paula (Steve) Tilas and countless others that crossed Sandie’s journey through life.
Sandie would want each of us to live the rest of our lives with integrity, honesty, thoughtfulness, kindness, and with generosity of time and love.
A Celebration of Sandie’s Life is scheduled at Caneel Bay's Turtle Point on Sunday, September 5, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. Sandie’s husband Mark and her immediate family will join her many friends, colleagues and former colleagues at Turtle Point to remember Sandie, to celebrate her life and to mourn her passing.
A second memorial service will be held in Angel Fire, NM on Saturday, September 18th at Jim and Bobbye Brown’s house beginning at 2 p.m., at 141 Via Del Rey, Angel Fire, NM 87710. Mailing address is P.O. Box 1158, Angel Fire, NM 87710
– Christie O’Hanlon
Celebration of Sandie Brown's Life Set for September 5 at Turtle Point
Written by Author as indicated
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 19:41
Sandra Lynne Brown graced this world with her invisible angel wings on August 11, 1963, born to Jimmy Hal and Bobbye Darlene (Harden) Brown in Clovis, NM.
She left her home on earth on August 20, 2010 after a short illness.
“Sandie” went to Onate Elementary School (Albuquerque, NM), Jackson Middle School (Albuquerque, NM), Cherry Creek Middle School (Denver, CO), and Columbine High School (Littleton, CO). She attended college at Western State University (Gunnison, CO).
Sandie’s career history is impressive and showed consistent professionalism and mastery of communication and customer service skills.
Beginning with her most recent employment she worked for: Caneel Bay, St. John, USVI; Little Dix Bay, Virgin Gorda, BVI ; Konocti Harbor Resort, Clear Lake, CA; Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, CO; Chequit Inn, Shelter Island, NY; The Doral, NYC; JY Ranch, Jackson Hole, WY; The Boulders, Phoenix, AZ; Grand Teton Lodge Company, Moran, WY; The Country Dinner Theater; Fashion Conspiracy, Denver, CO; and McDonalds, Littleton CO.
Sandie has been described as the heart and soul of Caneel Bay, where she always treated her own team, colleagues, and guests with integrity and respect. Even when Sandie worked abroad, she always returned to her cherished home, St John.
She will be remembered by those who knew and loved her as a compassionate, generous, thoughtful, fun, intelligent, talented and loving woman who had a firm and steady zest for life; whoever she was with felt like they were the most important person in the universe.
Mark Campion and Sandie met nearly 20 years ago at Arapahoe Basin in Colorado. They became the best of friends and were married on October 17, 2004 on St. John. Being around Sandie and Mark was like the best comedy show you’d ever seen. They always knew what the other was thinking and considered themselves as true companions and soul mates.
Sandie was preceded in death by both of her grandmothers, Lorene Harden and Maxine Brown, her maternal grandfather, T.A. Harden, and her very best dawgie, Pali.
She is survived by Jimmy and Bobbye (Harden) Brown of Angel Fire, NM, sister, Jamie Brown and nephew Weston Brown of Angel Fire, NM, sister, Christie (Brown), and brother-in-law Barry O’Hanlon and their children Meaghan, Sarah, Tyler John, and Katie of Montrose, CO, and her paternal grandfather, Hoyet Brown also of Montrose, CO, in-laws, John and Susan Campion of San Diego, CA, brother-in laws, Patrick, of Basalt, CO and Mike of San Diego, CA and sister-in-law, Stacy and niece, Katie Michelle Campion of San Diego.
Additionally, she is survived by her aunt and uncle, Tom and Charlotte Harden of Clovis, NM and their 3 children: Tyler (Emily), Tiffany (Brian) and J (Kathy). Special friends include Dorie Cox, Jan (Dan) Wyckoff, Paula (Steve) Tilas and countless others that crossed Sandie’s journey through life.
Sandie would want each of us to live the rest of our lives with integrity, honesty, thoughtfulness, kindness, and with generosity of time and love.
A Celebration of Sandie’s Life is scheduled at Caneel Bay's Turtle Point on Sunday, September 5, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. Sandie’s husband Mark and her immediate family will join her many friends, colleagues and former colleagues at Turtle Point to remember Sandie, to celebrate her life and to mourn her passing.
A second memorial service will be held in Angel Fire, NM on Saturday, September 18th at Jim and Bobbye Brown’s house beginning at 2 p.m., at 141 Via Del Rey, Angel Fire, NM 87710. Mailing address is P.O. Box 1158, Angel Fire, NM 87710
– Christie O’Hanlon
I just noticed by scrolling through past articles on Tradewinds, that a STJ resident died in a FL hospital on 8/20/10 of dengue fever. It looks like it's her.
LovermontA St. John resident died in a Florida hospital on Friday, August 20, from complications attributed to dengue fever after being transferred from the Schneider Regional Medical Center on St. Thomas, a medical source told St. John Tradewinds.
The 47-year-old woman, who worked in the island’s tourism industry, reportedly had been admitted to the SRMC on Thursday, August 19, before being transferred to a Miami-area hospital where she died early Friday morning, according to the Tradewinds source, a medical professional who is not affiliated with either hospital.
There are approximately six reported cases of dengue fever on St. Thomas, two cases on St. John and several thousand similar cases have been reported in Puerto Rico this month, according to the source.
Spokespersons for SRMC and the Florida hospital could not be reached for comment over the weekend.
Dengue has made a bit of a resurgence unfortunately.
See:
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/he ... n_us_.html
Even more important to guard against skeeters.
Dengue is usually considered rare. The first time you get it, it's uncomfortable and painful. The second time can be fatal.
My heart goes out to this woman and her family.
See:
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/he ... n_us_.html
Even more important to guard against skeeters.
Dengue is usually considered rare. The first time you get it, it's uncomfortable and painful. The second time can be fatal.
My heart goes out to this woman and her family.
*Another fine scatterbrained production
I am in shock. We were there from 12-16 August. I was fortunate to know her the past seven years, and always booked through her. I tried to connect with her when we arrived on the 12th, but she was in meetings all day. I went back on the 13th, and was told she was home ill. That must have been the first day of her illness. Then it was the weekend, and we left at 6AM that Monday morning. I e-mailed her after I arrived home to thank her for being so kind to us again. I wondered why I didn't hear from her, because she was always very prompt in replying. She will definitely be missed by our whole family.
Apparently there is a new strain on hemmoragic dengue fever. I know of one Coral Bay resident who had to be airlined out to Florida to be treated for this last week. Thank goodness he beat it, but it is really horrible. It makes you blled internally and can kill you within 5 days of the onset of symptoms. My advice is to USE BUG SPRAY....I prefer the higher DEET in the islands even though I know it isn't the best for you.....but then again neither is dengue!
So Sad
Thanks SusanNJ and everyone for posting this very sad event... She certainly passed on waaaay to early and suddenly in life. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends. We, as well as others on this board, I'm sure, will be thinking of everyone at the time of the memorial service on Sunday, September 5th at 9:30am.
I wasn't aware of this mosquito-born disease and it's dire effects - live and learn.
I wasn't aware of this mosquito-born disease and it's dire effects - live and learn.
Friends, Family Grappling with Sandie Brown’s Death from Complications of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Strain
Written by Jaime Elliott
Monday, 06 September 2010 14:44
Sandie Brown’s death last month shocked family members, friends, co-workers and the Love City community who reeled from the news of the loss of the outgoing and friendly woman.
The 47-year-old St. John resident, who was the director of revenue management at Caneel Bay Resort where she worked for a decade, succumbed to complications from dengue fever on Friday, August 20, in a Florida hospital.
Brown died of complications from a severe strain of the disease, called dengue hemorrhagic fever, which results in internal bleeding and dire low levels of platelets in the blood, according to Schneider Regional Medical Center’s Director of Emergency Medicine Dr. Clayton Wheatly.
Dengue fever — an endemic disease in the Virgin Islands and throughout the tropics — is contracted from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are found throughout the tropics and bite indoors and outdoors from dusk until dawn.
There are four main strains of dengue fever, with the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever by far the most dangerous form of the disease.
While Wheatly did not treat Brown, he was familiar with her case and had consulted with her attending physician at SRMC where she was treated after being transferred from Myrah Keating Smith Community Health Center on St. John.
After being admitted to the emergency room at the St. Thomas hospital, Brown was in turn transferred to a Florida hospital — most likely a Jacksonville-area facility, according to Wheatly — where she died from complications from the mosquito-born disease.
While there is no cure for the disease, Brown’s severely low levels of blood platelets made treatment extremely difficult.
Without platelets, Brown’s blood was unable to clot and her death was likely due to internal bleeding, Wheatly explained.
Brown is the only person Wheatly knew of who had died from dengue hemorrhagic fever in the territory this year, he added.
The lack of platelets in local blood banks and the length of time it takes for medical transport off St. Thomas didn’t help Brown’s treatment.
After determining a patient needs to be transferred from SRMC, it takes an average of eight to 12 hours for that patient to actually leave the island, according to Wheatly.
“It takes so long because we don’t have a medical helicopter or a fixed medical transport which would cut down on that time significantly,” said Wheatly. “Once the determination is made to transfer a patient, transportation must be secured, personnel must be secured, and all of that takes time before they even begin to travel here to pick up the patient.”
“We have been to the legislature before to impress upon them the importance of having fixed medical transport in the island,” said the director of emergency medicine at SRMC.
The delay in transportation, however, did not contribute to Brown’s death, Wheatly added.
“The problem wasn’t getting her off-island,” said Wheatly. “It was the disease. The delay in transportation didn’t contribute to her death.”
The lack of platelets was a bigger factor in Brown’s death, according to Wheatly.
“The blood bank here doesn’t store platelets,” Wheatly said. “The patient would have required a platelet transfusion and we don’t have them. We would have to request them from the blood bank in Puerto Rico and that may have been one of the deciding factors.”
With no cure for the disease, the only way to avoid dengue hemorrhagic fever and other strains of dengue fever is to limit one’s exposure to mosquitoes, Wheatly explained.
“Make sure screens in the home are function, remove any standing water around the home, use bug repellent and limit your exposure to mosquitoes,” he said.
While the community grappled with Brown’s death, friends, co-workers and family members gathered at Caneel Bay Resort’s Turtle Point on Sunday, September 5, to celebrate her life and mourn her passing.
“Sandie was a huge part of the fabric of Caneel Bay and was an important part of the guest experience,” said Kristin Hutton, senior account executive with Hawkins International PR, of which Caneel is a client. “Everyone is going to miss her very much. Sandie loved Caneel Bay and that is something that shone through in her interactions with guests.”
“People are really going to miss her smiling face,” said Hutton. “She always had a great attitude about life and was so excited about everything.”
Written by Jaime Elliott
Monday, 06 September 2010 14:44
Sandie Brown’s death last month shocked family members, friends, co-workers and the Love City community who reeled from the news of the loss of the outgoing and friendly woman.
The 47-year-old St. John resident, who was the director of revenue management at Caneel Bay Resort where she worked for a decade, succumbed to complications from dengue fever on Friday, August 20, in a Florida hospital.
Brown died of complications from a severe strain of the disease, called dengue hemorrhagic fever, which results in internal bleeding and dire low levels of platelets in the blood, according to Schneider Regional Medical Center’s Director of Emergency Medicine Dr. Clayton Wheatly.
Dengue fever — an endemic disease in the Virgin Islands and throughout the tropics — is contracted from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are found throughout the tropics and bite indoors and outdoors from dusk until dawn.
There are four main strains of dengue fever, with the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever by far the most dangerous form of the disease.
While Wheatly did not treat Brown, he was familiar with her case and had consulted with her attending physician at SRMC where she was treated after being transferred from Myrah Keating Smith Community Health Center on St. John.
After being admitted to the emergency room at the St. Thomas hospital, Brown was in turn transferred to a Florida hospital — most likely a Jacksonville-area facility, according to Wheatly — where she died from complications from the mosquito-born disease.
While there is no cure for the disease, Brown’s severely low levels of blood platelets made treatment extremely difficult.
Without platelets, Brown’s blood was unable to clot and her death was likely due to internal bleeding, Wheatly explained.
Brown is the only person Wheatly knew of who had died from dengue hemorrhagic fever in the territory this year, he added.
The lack of platelets in local blood banks and the length of time it takes for medical transport off St. Thomas didn’t help Brown’s treatment.
After determining a patient needs to be transferred from SRMC, it takes an average of eight to 12 hours for that patient to actually leave the island, according to Wheatly.
“It takes so long because we don’t have a medical helicopter or a fixed medical transport which would cut down on that time significantly,” said Wheatly. “Once the determination is made to transfer a patient, transportation must be secured, personnel must be secured, and all of that takes time before they even begin to travel here to pick up the patient.”
“We have been to the legislature before to impress upon them the importance of having fixed medical transport in the island,” said the director of emergency medicine at SRMC.
The delay in transportation, however, did not contribute to Brown’s death, Wheatly added.
“The problem wasn’t getting her off-island,” said Wheatly. “It was the disease. The delay in transportation didn’t contribute to her death.”
The lack of platelets was a bigger factor in Brown’s death, according to Wheatly.
“The blood bank here doesn’t store platelets,” Wheatly said. “The patient would have required a platelet transfusion and we don’t have them. We would have to request them from the blood bank in Puerto Rico and that may have been one of the deciding factors.”
With no cure for the disease, the only way to avoid dengue hemorrhagic fever and other strains of dengue fever is to limit one’s exposure to mosquitoes, Wheatly explained.
“Make sure screens in the home are function, remove any standing water around the home, use bug repellent and limit your exposure to mosquitoes,” he said.
While the community grappled with Brown’s death, friends, co-workers and family members gathered at Caneel Bay Resort’s Turtle Point on Sunday, September 5, to celebrate her life and mourn her passing.
“Sandie was a huge part of the fabric of Caneel Bay and was an important part of the guest experience,” said Kristin Hutton, senior account executive with Hawkins International PR, of which Caneel is a client. “Everyone is going to miss her very much. Sandie loved Caneel Bay and that is something that shone through in her interactions with guests.”
“People are really going to miss her smiling face,” said Hutton. “She always had a great attitude about life and was so excited about everything.”
Over the past few days I have seen several references on boards and blogs to increased reports of Hemorrhagic Dengue Fever in the US Virgin Islands, as well as other islands of the Caribbean. This seems to be a very good time to practice diligent bite prevention, to know the symptoms of this fever, and to seek medical attention if those symptoms occur.PSUWethr wrote:Apparently there is a new strain on hemmoragic dengue fever. I know of one Coral Bay resident who had to be airlined out to Florida to be treated for this last week. Thank goodness he beat it, but it is really horrible. It makes you blled internally and can kill you within 5 days of the onset of symptoms. My advice is to USE BUG SPRAY....I prefer the higher DEET in the islands even though I know it isn't the best for you.....but then again neither is dengue!
http://www.healthvi.org/dengue/treatment.html
Enjoy your vacation and stay healthy!
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