There was an interesting article by Michael Kimball in yesterday’s NewsOK. Above and beyond the brave officers that died in the line of duty and are being honored in Oklahoma City, Warden Johnny R. Maisano, Sr. was also honored. Warden Maisano had contracted Lyme disease while on duty in 1988 and died two years later.
What was surprising is that Warden Maisano appears to have had late-stage neurological Lyme. His ravaged body implies that he had it for some time. If he died in 1990, he must have contracted it earlier than originally estimated. Did LD exist in Oklahoma in the 80’s. Unless he picked it up while traveling, the disease must be more widespread than originally believed.
If this is true, why were we told that it was only in the NE back in the 80’s. Can we really believe anything we have been told about LD?
The memorial maintains the names and background of many of the Oklahoma law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, Lippe said. Names of officers killed decades ago are added, often with the help of relatives who sift through newspaper accounts and old family papers to verify the deaths as duty-related.
“And then with the memorial, 50 years from now, people will be able to look at this and tell what went on then,” Lippe said.
Norman police Maj. Jim Maisano’s father, Johnny R. Maisano Sr., is a former game warden whose name will be added to the monument Friday. The elder Maisano contracted Lyme disease while on duty and died two years later in 1990.
Maisano said his father, an unarmed man who had to confront armed poachers as part of his duties, continued to work while the disease ravaged his body.
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There was an interesting article by Michael Kimball in yesterday’s NewsOK. Above and beyond the brave officers that died in the line of duty and are being honored in Oklahoma City, Warden Johnny R. Maisano, Sr. was also honored. Warden Maisano had contracted Lyme disease while on duty in 1988 and died two years later.
What was surprising is that Warden Maisano appears to have had late-stage neurological Lyme. His ravaged body implies that he had it for some time. If he died in 1990, he must have contracted it earlier than originally estimated. Did LD exist in Oklahoma in the 80’s. Unless he picked it up while traveling, the disease must be more widespread than originally believed.
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~ by Rob on May 3, 2010.
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