Gussy, a 28-year-old Franklin Park resident, joined his sister Melanie, mother and grandfather for a visit to Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Ind. The night started well.
“We were having a great time that night,” Gussy said. “My grandfather and I were losing our shirts playing Blackjack and slots, but my mom was hitting jackpot after jackpot.”
Then Gussy started to feel dizzy. He’d recently been diagnosed with difficulty processing iron in his blood so the dizziness wasn’t a surprise. When emergency medical technicians showed up and wanted to take him to an emergency room, he refused. “I just wanted to go home, I figured I’d feel better there,” Gussy said.
His mother agreed to watch Melanie’s children for the night. The next morning, Melanie got a call from her 6-year-old daughter. -“She said, ‘Grandma won’t wake up,’” Gussy said.
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