http://lymeinside.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/rest-in-peace-friend-and-fellow-lyme-warrior-lyme-lymedisease/#comment-1002
Jeremiah had been suffering from lyme and coinfections
"He was bitten by ticks during military training. His rash and symptoms were dismissed by his doctors, and then he was dismissed from the military because he was too sick to carry on."