Mourning Roxie

Written by Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

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NOTE: We are rather astonished by the number of errors in this article. Most importantly, Roxie did not, and we repeat, did not have a cold on her final day of camp. We have demanded a retraction/correction from the writer/editor. UPDATE: The editor will be making a retraction/correction in the July 9 Pasadena Weekly newspaper and the August Arroyo magazine.

To clarify a few other points:

  • We managed the infusions at home, not Children’s Hospital.

  • The next time we saw her [Roxie] after we dropped her at Summerkids was at Huntington Hospital, not Children’s Hospital.

  • “DiMassa says Roxie had a medical event…” should have been “parents of Summerkids campers said that DiMassa referred to Roxie’s health condition as the cause of death.”

  • The name Roxy should be Roxie.

  • American Camp Association should be American Camping Association.

Doug Forbes