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Emergency Medicine Doctor & Iraq War veteran on the frontlines of the pandemic interested in global health crises. #SoulsLostToCovid

Jul 3, 2021, 35 tweets

🧵This is the 2nd thread dedicated to the precious children that have died from COVID during this never-ending pandemic. By telling their stories we'll ensure that their memories live on #SoulsLostToCovid

This first thread memorialized 40 pediatric #SoulsLostToCovid

This thread memorialized 30 children that survived after admission to ICUs from COVID or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children #MISC.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 8 mo. old Alexander Parsons from Plymouth #England passed away from COVID after the blood vessel supplying his heart ruptured. "I can’t believe I carried him for longer than he was alive. I will never be whole again," said mom. #SoulsLostToCovid 1/30 mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b…

🇧🇷 4 y.o. Isabela Barbosa Pataro from Santa Barbara #Brazil passed away from COVID. She was the daughter of a nurse. "How long will they continue to think it's a simple virus that only kills the elderly or people in the 'risk group'? #SoulsLostToCovid 2/30 acidadeon.com/campinas/cotid…

🇺🇸 7 y.o. Adwaith Sunish from Elmsford #NewYork is the son of frontline workers. His father is an emergency room technician and his mother is a nurse. The entire family was infected with COVID; everyone recovered except Adwaith #SoulsLostToCovid 3/30 westchester.news12.com/covid19related…

🇮🇹 15 y.o. Mario Ruocco from Modena #Italy passed away from COVID after a three month battle with the virus. His grandfather visited him every night in the hospital. #SoulsLostToCovid 4/30 italy24news.com/News/89361.html

🇧🇷 16 mo old Letícia from Maringá #Brazil was a long awaited miracle. Her parents tried for years to conceive. In February, her family contracted COVID. Mom had mild symptoms, dad was hospitalized, but Letícia did not survive. #SoulsLostToCovid 5/30 cbnmaringa.com.br/noticia/bebe-d…

🇺🇸 8 y.o. Dorielis Reyes from Middletown #Ohio passed away from COVID. The virus infected her lungs making her oxygen levels low, requiring a ventilator. It also attacked her brain, resulting in seizures and inability to walk. #SoulsLostToCovid 6/30 fox19.com/2020/08/20/yea…

🇧🇷 6 mo. old Paloma Alves de Souza from Lagoa da Confusão #Brazil passed away from COVID. #SoulsLostToCovid 7/30 observatorio3setor.org.br/noticias/perig…

🇧🇷15 y.o. Alvanei Xirixan from #Brazil passed away from COVID. The Yanomami teenager was from the village of Rehebe, along the Uraricoera River, an access route for miners, and had been hospitalized for a week. #SoulsLostToCovid 8/30 domtotal.com/noticia/143627…

🇺🇸 8 y.o. Aurea Yolotzin Soto Morales, known to her friends & family as Yoshi, was a fun-loving, studious girl from Durham #NorthCarolina. The second grader went into a coma after a coronavirus infection and passed away #SoulsLostToCovid 9/30 wunc.org/news/2021-03-3…

🇦🇷 10 y.o. Valentino from Timbúes #Argentina passed away from COVID, following the death of his mother (32) and grandmother from the virus. His community is devastated #SoulsLostToCovid 10/30 informacionregional.com.ar/noticias/timbu…

🇧🇷 3 y.o. Bernardo José Rivera, son of councilor José Rivera, from Alumínio #Brazil had lung problems after surviving a drowning in Sep 2020, making him vulnerable to COVID. #SoulsLostToCovid 11/30 revistaforum.com.br/coronavirus/cr…

🇺🇸 15 y.o. Dykota Morgan, athlete and honor student from Bolingbrook #Illinois died from COVID on May 4, 2021. Dykota had already been offered scholarships to four universities and hoped to attend an HBCU followed by law school #SoulsLostToCovid 12/30 abcnews.go.com/US/15-year-wan…

🇧🇷 6 y.o. Ana Julia Martins Pedroso from Campinas #Brazil was infected with COVID then admitted to the hospital and found to have new diabetic ketoacidosis. She did not survive. #SoulsLostToCovid 13/30 acidadeon.com/campinas/cotid…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿10 y.o. Fehzan Jamil from Bradford, #England suffered from epilepsy. "We did everything possible to protect him, we kept him at home & always w/ a mask.. in the end he was somehow infected & the virus got the better of him" #SoulsLostToCovid 14/30 fanpage.it/esteri/a-10-an…

🇺🇸 14 y.o. Honestie Hodges from Grand Rapids #Michigan developed stomach pains on her birthday & admitted to the ICU. Despite being on ventilator and blood transfusions she passed away from COVID. #SoulsLostToCovid 15/30 gofundme.com/f/b7bcqb-covid…

🇧🇷 9 y.o. Davi Novaes Stehl from Mirim Doce #Brazil passed away from COVID. Six months before his death, he was diagnosed with leukemia. He contracted the virus during chemotherapy while his grandparents were infected #SoulsLostToCovid 16/30 observatorio3setor.org.br/noticias/crian…

🇺🇸 12 y.o. Ernesto Guzman from Gage Park #Illinois suffered from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (hereditary nerve disorder) requiring the use of a walker each morning to get to the bus stop for school. #SoulsLostToCovid 17/30 chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/…

🇧🇷10 y.o. Samuel de Oliveira from Gaspar #Brazil was diagnosed with COVID after he couldn't smell. Months later, he developed dizziness, diarrhea and vomiting, then died 5 hours after admission to the hospital #SoulsLostToCovid 18/30 correiobraziliense.com.br/brasil/2020/08…

🇺🇸 13 y.o. Peyton Baumgarth from #Missouri loved to play video games and listen to music. He was a social butterfly that loved making people laugh. His mother Stephanie, a nurse, lost both Peyton and her sister to COVID. #SoulsLostToCovid 19/30 the-sun.com/news/1995186/s…

🇧🇷13 y.o. Daniel Neves from Salvador, Bahia #Brazil died from COVID. He was known on the internet for his artistic ability, selling paintings to pay for part of his treatment of a rare disease - polycystic kidneys & liver fibrosis #SoulsLostToCovid 19/30 g1.globo.com/ba/bahia/notic…

🇺🇸 13 y.o. Anna Carter from Fort Sill #Oklahoma had juvenile scleroderma and was funny & outgoing in everything from theatrics to dance. 3 hours after arrival to the hospital, she went into cardiac arrest #SoulsLostToCovid 20/30 army.mil/article/243959…

🇧🇷16 y.o. José Hugo Lins Félix from Cajazeiras, Paraíba #Brazil went to the hospital multiple times and was discharged. On his third visit with severe abdominal pain, he tested positive for COVID then passed away on his birthday #SoulsLostToCovid 21/30 patosonline.com/jovem-de-16-an…

🇺🇸 13 y.o. Charlotte Figi was the face of medical marijuana when a strain improved her seizures from every 30 mins to once a wk, allowing her to live a great life. After getting #COVID, her SZs returned, resulting in cardiac arrest #SoulsLostToCovid 22/30 forbes.com/sites/katiesha…

🇧🇷14 mo. old Leonardo Schwambach from Chapecó #Brazil passed away from COVID. In October 2019, he was born prematurely at 27 wks and six days then underwent a tracheostomy to be able to breathe b/c his lungs did not form properly #SoulsLostToCovid 23/30 ndmais.com.br/saude/crianca-…

🇺🇸 15 y.o. Dar’Yana Dyson from Baltimore #Maryland was a prankster who loved music and wanted to become a cosmetologist. Her 5 y.o. sister keeps asking mom when her big sister is coming home.#SoulsLostToCovid 24/30 washingtonpost.com/local/daryana-…

🇧🇷15 y.o. Gustavo Santos from Guanambi, Bahia #Brazil had kidney disease and was awaiting transplant when he was infected with COVID. The 9th grader couldn't breathe and was placed on a ventilator, but did not survive. #SoulsLostToCovid 25/30 atarde.uol.com.br/portalmunicipi…

🇺🇸 8 y.o. Deaurra Nealy from Jacksonville #Florida was asymptomatic when she contracted COVID. Weeks later, after developing a stomachache, rash & fever she died. She loved being on TikTok and had dreams of becoming an influencer #SoulsLostToCovid 26/30 jacksonville.com/story/news/cor…

🇺🇸 12 y.o. Elizabeth McNew from Atlantic Beach #Florida was loved by all. The sixth grader always had a smile on her face. Her father, a corrections officer, and brother contracted COVID, but were asymptomatic. #SoulsLostToCovid 27/30 news4jax.com/news/local/202…

🇺🇸 9 yo J.J. Boatman from #Texas went to bed with a sore throat. The next morning he yelled "I can’t breathe! I can’t breath! Help.” He slumped over, bleeding from his mouth & nose. At the hospital he went into cardiac arrest & died #SoulsLostToCovid 28/30 today.com/health/kids-co…

🇺🇸 14 y.o. Lucero Ramirez from Clarkesville #Georgia was loved by all. Her laughter was contagious and her smile spread to everyone she met. Lucy's favorite day of the year was when she shined as a Special Olympian. #SoulsLostToCovid 29/30 thenortheastgeorgian.com/local-news/nor…

🇺🇸 15 y.o. Braden Wilson, sophomore from Simi Valley, #California spent weeks in and out of the hospital due to an unrelated surgery. His mother mourned the loss of her only son, while simultaneously recovering from COVID. #SoulsLostToCovid 30/30 people.com/health/califor…

This marks the end of this thread. I have many more stories of children who lost their lives to COVID that I will continue on a new thread.

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