Tragedy strikes Ruskin family twice this month

Tragedy struck a Ruskin family twice this month.

Rene and Christine Rios, a welder and robot operator at the Reinke Manufacturing Company plant near Deshler and a med-aid at a local nursing home, returned to their Ruskin home with their four-year-old son, Brendan, last Tuesday.

What had begun with flu-like symptoms developed into bacterial meningitis for the boy. He was life-flighted from a Fairbury hospital on Dec. 24 to the Omaha Children's Hospital. He remained in the Omaha hospital passing in and about of consciousness until transferred to the Lincoln Children's Hospital on Jan. 8. Read more

[Tony Rios]

Rene Hi it's your cousin, billy's son!
God i hope you and all the family over their are all ok, sisess-little mary's son has been going though the same thing but not as bad! My prayers go out to you and the family!

[Tony Rios]

it has been a while, but out of a job, the kids are with ex, doing fine!
Email is tony_rios6 on yahoo moms new number is same as before with 2826, hope to hear from you and things are going well!!

[just wondering]

My thoughts and prayers are with the family.