January 11, 2005: Headlines: COS - Zambia: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Malaria: Sonoma News: Zambia PCV Joseph Cohn is making a strong comeback after his body was ravaged by malaria
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January 11, 2005: Headlines: COS - Zambia: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Malaria: Sonoma News: Zambia PCV Joseph Cohn is making a strong comeback after his body was ravaged by malaria
Zambia PCV Joseph Cohn is making a strong comeback after his body was ravaged by malaria
Zambia PCV Joseph Cohn is making a strong comeback after his body was ravaged by malaria
Cohn son recovering in Florida
01.11.05 - Joseph Cohn, the 27-year-old son of Sonoma Valley winery owner Bruce Cohn, is making a strong comeback after his body was ravaged by malaria.
As a Peace Corps volunteer, he was stationed in northern Zambia. He apparently caught a deadly strain of malaria that kills more than 2 million people annually in Africa.
He became ill while on a fishing trip in Costa Rica with his father and brother. He ended up in intensive care, first in Costa Rica and then in the Cleveland Clinic in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. By Christmas he was breathing on his own and by New Year's Eve he was out of intensive care.
Although he will still need physical therapy and dialysis for another two months, plans are for him to fly back to California by Jan. 17.
Cohn grew up in the Sonoma Valley and Santa Rosa. Cards or notes for him and his family can be sent to the B.R. Cohn Winery, 15000 Sonoma Highway, Glen Ellen, CA 95442.
Updates on his condition are available online at www.zambiajoe.com.
When this story was posted in January 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:
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Story Source: Sonoma News
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