Kansas Kids Wrestling Coaches........If you had wrestlers at the Kids Fredonia Tournament in February and/or at the Pittsburg Sub-District Tournament in March:

There was an individual at the Fredonia Kids Tournament in February and the Sub-District Tournament in Pittsburg with a confirmed case of Pertussis (whooping cough). This person was contagious and may have exposed others. Pertussis is an illness with a persistent cough, usually hard coughing spells sometimes followed by vomiting. Kids are immunized against pertussis, but at the middle school and high school age there is not as much immunity for this and they can be susceptible, including REFEREES AND COACHES.

If these symptoms are noted, it is recommended that you see a physician and tell him/her of a possible exposure to pertussis. This is treatable with antibiotics.

Debbie DeVoe, R.N.
District Nurse
U.S.D. #493