This the second 🧵dedicated to precious children hospitalized with COVID and #MISC, but luckily #TheySurvivedCovid. Three other threads memorialize pediatric #SoulsLostToCovid. By telling their stories, we can learn from their experiences.
First thread of children that survived COVID
First thread of children lost to COVID
Second thread of children lost to COVID
Third thread of children lost to COVID
🇺🇸3 y.o. Vivian Vesey from Falls Church, Virginia became extremely ill due to #MISC after her entire family contracted COVID. She began to improve slowly with IV treatment and steroids to calm the inflammation #TheySurvivedCovid 1/30 wjla.com/news/local/mcl…
🏴 3 y.o. Freddie Merrylees from Edinburgh #Scotland was hospitalized for five days after he developed a rash all over his body and a high fever due to #MISC. Mom said he was like a "lifeless zombie." #TheySurvivedCovid 2/30 metro.co.uk/2020/08/19/con…
🇺🇸 4 y.o. Natalie from Abilene #Texas fell ill to #MISC in a matter of days. "The nurse turned to me and said your daughter's very sick, and needs to be placed on a heart transplant list. I felt frozen" #TheySurvivedCovid 3/30 nbcdfw.com/news/coronavir…
🇺🇸 5 y.o. Janiya Johnson from Portage #Indiana fell ill to COVID. "The doctor told us maybe if we had waited one more day... they possibly couldn't have done anything for her." #TheySurvivedCovid abc7chicago.com/covid-mis-c-sy…
🇺🇸 5 y.o. Peyton Copeland from Weatherford #Texas fell ill to #MISC. "By that night she was in the ICU and about 4 p.m. the next day she was put on a ventilator." #TheySurvivedCovid 5/30 yahoo.com/gma/mom-warns-…
🇺🇸4 y.o. Quincy Pool Jr. from Atlanta #Georgia fell ill to #MISC, requiring surgery to relieve swelling in his arms. He is learning how to use his hands again. #TheySurvivedCovid 6/30 11alive.com/article/news/h…
🇺🇸3 y.o. Kawhi Bracey from Oceanside, #California developed a fever, blotchy rash all over his body & stomach pains. His heart wasn't pumping correctly and oxygen levels dropped to dangerous levels. #TheySurvivedCovid 7/30 10news.com/news/local-new…
🇺🇸 7 y.o. Tristian Castillo from Fargo #North Dakota was hospitalized with heart inflammation due to #MISC, 5 wks after mom's bout w/COVID when family decided it was safe to go out to dinner to celebrate the graduation of her sister #TheySurvivedCovid 8/30 inforum.com/newsmd/coronav…
🇧🇷 1 y.o. Heloísa Pereira dos Santos Eduardo from Americana, São Paulo #Brazil suffered 3 respiratory arrests in 30 days. “The coronavirus attacked her trachea, lungs, kidneys, heart, and ended up with half of her right lung. #TheySurvivedCovid 9/30 liberal.com.br/cidades/regiao…
🇬🇧 6 y.o. Millie from Steyning, West Sussex #UnitedKingdom suffered liver & renal failure due to #MISC. "My heart was beating so fast and I felt bad, I couldn't lose my little baby. I felt like I couldn't breathe." #TheySurvivedCovid 10/30 rdnews.com.br/nacional/conte…
🇧🇪 4 y.o. Kais Chaudy from #Belgium spent six days in a coma after contracting #MISC. Dad said he wanted other parents to be aware that children are vulnerable to the virus, "not only old people." #TheySurvivedCovid 11/30 news.com.au/lifestyle/heal…
🏴 6 month old Erin Bates from Liverpool #England contracted COVID following open heart surgery for Tetralogy of Fallot #TheySurvivedCovid 12/30 goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story…
🇧🇷 6 y.o. Rodrigo Bernardes Filho from Santos, São Paulo #Brazil was placed on a ventilator after contracting #MISC. His father & uncle were also admitted to the ICU for COVID. #TheySurvivedCovid 13/30 g1.globo.com/sp/santos-regi…
🇨🇦 7 y.o. Hunter McConnell from Airdrie, Alberta #Canada fell severely ill due to #MISC weeks after his entire family contracted COVID. Hunter’s parents with they knew more about COVID, before they had to see it first hand. #TheySurvivedCovid 14/30 globalnews.ca/news/7982135/c…
🏴 7 y.o. Logan Walsh from Baildon, Bradford #England fell seriously ill due to #MISC. "He did gymnastics and would be flinging himself on the sofa doing backflips and now he gets out of breath climbing up the stairs." #TheySurvivedCovid 15/30 bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
🇨🇦10 yo Jillian Rondeau from Vancouver, British Columbia #Canada fell severely ill to #MISC “We chose to share our story so parents can have awareness of this new sickness. Info is trickling in slower than the volume of sick kids" #TheySurvivedCovid 16/30 nsnews.com/coronavirus-co…
🇺🇸 11 y.o. Katarina Lowe from Sissonville #WestVirginia fell seriously ill due to #MISC and was on a ventilator for 6 days. “This is something where you don’t have control..and as Dad, you want to save the day, but you can’t. #TheySurvivedCovid 17/30 wowktv.com/top-stories/11…
🇺🇸11 y.o. Mayson Barillas from Damascus #Maryland was a healthy star soccer player that fell severely ill to #MISC and went into heart failure. He is now on blood thinners #TheySurvivedCovid 18/30 nytimes.com/2021/02/16/hea…
🇺🇸 12 y.o. D’Myra Patton from Little Rock #Arkansas was hospitalized with COVID. 19/30 m.facebook.com/groups/3546063…
🇺🇸 12 y.o. Adalyn Rains from Wellington #Kansas fell severely ill due to #MISC. “Never in my wildest dreams would I think my perfect 12-year-old daughter would be fighting for her life,” said mom #TheySurvivedCovid 20/30 kwch.com/2020/10/21/wel…
🇺🇸12 y.o. Madilyn Dayton from Cokeville #Wyoming fell severely ill to #MISC. “I woke up and I couldn’t move at all. My head, I couldn’t move it from side to side. I was stuck.” #TheySurvivedCovid 21/30 nhlbi.nih.gov/news/2020/trac…
🇺🇸Brittany Hartwell, surgical tech from #Florida took every precaution, but unfortunately still got COVID. Her baby Rowan was born 13wks premature with "bilateral brain bleeds & very sick. Nobody thought she was going to make it" #TheySurvivedCovid 22/30 mynews13.com/fl/orlando/new…
🇺🇸 13 y.o. Hudson Asche from Minneapolis #Minnesota fell severely ill due to #MISC. His heart had to be shocked back into rhythm twice. He survived, but 3 months later, he tires easily and still can’t play the sports he once loved #TheySurvivedCovid 23/30 minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/02/08/set…
🇺🇸 8 y.o. Karson Camp from Muskegon #Michigan became severely ill due to #MISC after his daycare provider tested positive. “I didn’t think COVID was that big of a deal, until my son’s life was plugged into the wall” #TheySurvivedCovid 24/30 fox17online.com/news/coronavir…
🇺🇸 17 y.o. Cayden Puckett from Shelbyville #Tennessee fell severely ill due to #MISC. The healthy football player developed myocarditis from the virus. #TheySurvivedCovid 25/30 wsmv.com/news/health/hi…
🇺🇸 Second grader Jordan “JoJo” from Shelbyville #Tennessee fell severely ill due to #MISC. #TheySurvivedCovid 26/30 t-g.com/story/2879520.…
🇺🇸 13 y.o. Ariel Griffith from Myrtle Beach #SouthCarolina fell severely ill to COVID. Shortly after her condition worsened she was also diagnosed with leukemia. #TheySurvivedCovid 27/30 people.com/health/girl-ha…
🇺🇸 10 y.o. Avery McNicholas-Silver from St. Louis #Missouri fell severely ill due to #MISC. Luckily his mother is a physician and knew the signs and symptoms. #TheySurvivedCovid 28/30 kmov.com/news/st-louis-…
🇺🇸 10 y.o. Hollis Day from Marshfield #Missouri fell severely ill due to #MISC. He had extremely low blood pressure, elevated heart rate and exhaustion. #TheySurvivedCovid 29/30 fox2now.com/news/missouri-…
🇺🇸 5 y.o. Xyden Luckett from #Alabama fell severely ill due to #MISC. ”I cried day in day out. I did not sleep. Wouldn’t eat,” said mom. #TheySurvivedCovid 30/30 waff.com/2021/01/08/yea…
Thank you to all the families that shared their tragic experiences with #MISC in hopes of educating others. In many cases, families were unaware of prior infection with COVID, which is why recognizing symptoms is very important.
This marks the end of this thread. However, there are 1000s of similar stories of MIS-C.
As of June 28, 2021 there have been a total of 4196 cases of #MISC in the United States.
During the month of June there were 178 new cases cdc.gov/mis/cases/inde…
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