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

Jan 8, 2022, 8 tweets

Dayton Children’s Hospital in Ohio is sounding the alarm as they’re experiencing the HIGHEST number of children hospitalized to date. dayton247now.com/news/local/you…

There are currently 24 children hospitalized with COVID-19 at Dayton Children’s -- that’s 20 more than they saw in December 2021.

“We are experiencing a surge like we've ever had. All of our children's hospitals are experiencing this same problem, which is huge numbers of pediatric patients being admitted” said Dr. Adam Mezoff, chief medical officer at Dayton Children’s Hospital.

Below are some children from Ohio severely ill form COVID during the pandemic.

17 y.o. Sandy Rose from Warren #Ohio developed Type 1 diabetes and kidney failure from #MISC due to COVID. In the matter of days, a once-healthy honor student and cheerleader was suddenly fighting for her life. #TheySurvivedCovid fox8.com/news/i-felt-ti…

Ohio boy nearly dies of complications from COVID-19 wtol.com/article/news/h…

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 fox19.com/2020/08/20/yea…

7 mo pregnant nurse Megan Sites, 27, required ECMO & emergent c-section while on a ventilator. Her baby spent 75 days in NICU. "I have scars all over my body. I have scars right here on my neck from the ECMO machine.. [COVID] is very real." wlwt.com/article/ohio-b…

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