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

Feb 5, 2022, 6 tweets

17 y.o. Brycen Gray from Strongsville #Ohio died by suicide in April 2021 following a COVID infection that dramatically altered his behavior. He played football and enjoyed lacrosse #PediatricSoulsLostToCovid the-daily-record.com/story/news/202…

"I asked what he was anxious about, but he didn't know," said mom

Then he sent a strange text to a friend.

"He told one of the boys, 'I feel like I'm going out of my mind crazy,'" said Brycen

On Friday, April 23, her son died by suicide.

"I'm a nurse, so I've been there through death for other families and have known people who have lost children for a variety of reasons," Gray said. "You can only imagine, it's every person's worst nightmare, and now living it, it's a nightmare."

US Representative Anthony Gonzalez introduced a bill in late October titled, "The Brycen Gray and Ben Price COVID-19 Neurological Impact Act." It would award grants to support research regarding the psychiatric and neurological impacts of the virus

Ben Price died by suicide due to post-Covid Psychosis

14 y.o. Daniel Salinas was hospitalized due to post-Covid psychosis

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