A healthy boy before—18 weeks of agony for 13 year old boy suffering #COVID19.

“His heart—we didn't catch that for 2 months—now we're dealing with a coronary issue that we don't know if it will resolve.” 🧵

#LongCovid & kids is real. (HT @MaritsaNBCMT) nbcmontana.com/news/local/new…
2) “A lot of people really do not understand how dramatic the effects of COVID are on children,” Lisa Beard, Hudson’s mom, said. “A lot of times, we want to protect the most vulnerable, the small under 1 and the elderly, but Hudson was a thriving, very active 13-year-old.”
3) “It’s been nearly 18 weeks of agony for Hudson, who contracted #COVID19 in Nov. He hasn’t been to school since.
“It is hard. It’s really hard when doctors don’t have an answer, & they’re like, ‘Well, over time let’s see what happens. And you might get better, we don’t know.’”
4) @MaritsaNBCMT has been following Hudson’s journey since December, when first diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, a disorder that causes his heart rate to jump when he stands. He gets a vertigo-like dizziness every time he stands up or does basic tasks.
5) “We hoped to do a follow-up story on his improving conditions, but his symptoms have only become more severe, sending him to a Colorado hospital for new problems discovered in his heart.
“My coronary heart arteries are dilated, like both of them are,” Hudson said.
6) “His heart -- we didn't catch that for two months,” Lisa said. “And so now we're dealing with a coronary issue that we don't know if it will resolve.”

Doctors say there’s much more heart involvement in people who have had COVID-19 than they originally thought.
7) Long covid is a serious issue for many.

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