This post in in honor of my close friend’s cousin Francesca Marie McNally, who died from Pertussis, a preventable illness, at 2 months old and was buried this week .
Fanny McNally February 24, 2012- May 17, 2012
Francesca died of Whooping Cough or Pertussis, an illness that is preventable though a vaccine. Pertussis is a contagious respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.
