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.
🇺🇸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…
🇺🇸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…
🇨🇦 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…
🇺🇸 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…
🇺🇸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…
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.
🧵@WHO updates on the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last week we saw an 8% increases in cases detected with more than 11 million reported, despite a significant reduction of testing occurring worldwide @mvankerkhove
99.9% of sequences provided in the last 30 days are #Omicron. Among those ~75% are BA.2 & 25% BA.1. All of these are variants of concern. However, our ability to track Omicron is compromised because testing is reduced. You can't sequence those who you do not test! @mvankerkhove
COVID-19 vaccines remain incredibly effective at preventing severe disease and death, including against Omicron @mvankerkhove
Omicron is a deadly virus. 28-year-old James Perkinson from Greenbrier #Tennessee was hospitalized at Vanderbilt December 23, 2021 and recently weaned off ECMO. He contracted COVID two days before his scheduled vaccination #TheySurvivedCovid
28 y.o. James Perkinson from Greenbrier #Tennessee would have died from the Omicron variant without ECMO. "I have to pretty much start over again. Learn how to walk, move my arms, eat, drink, everything. I'm back at square one." #TheySurvivedCovid
28 y.o. James Perkinson from Greenbrier #Tennessee has a minimum 9 month recovery after nearly dying from the Omicron variant. Interviewed by @ReporterGoodman
COVID-19 damages the endothelium of blood vessels in the body, which promotes the formation of blood clots. 50% of pulmonary embolisms due to COVID are not associated with deep vein thrombosis. Dr. George Chrysant Interventional Cardiologist in Oklahoma City #TheySurvivedCovid
COVID-19 is a systemic disease, which means that it can affect any organ in the body. The virus may directly attack an organ or indirectly affect the organ by damage to the blood vessels supplying it.
COVID is a systemic disease
It attacks the
Heart ➡️myocarditis
Lungs ➡️pneumonia
Brain➡️ seizures
GI ➡️ diarrhea ➡️ renal failure
It forms blood CLOTS in vessels
Lungs➡️pulmonary embolism
Heart➡️heart attack
Brain➡️stroke
Kidney➡️ renal failure➡️dialysis
Leg artery➡️amputation
Omicron is a deadly virus. Former UFC star 41 y.o. Chris "The Crippler" Leben from San Diego CA is recovering from COVID after being on life support. He declined to talk about his vaccination status. This was his second battle with COVID #TheySurvivedCovid10news.com/news/local-new…
“I was ready to tap out, and the reason I didn’t tap is because of my child … If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have had the fight to get through those days,” said Leben.
There is a disinformation campaign that young people are not affected by COVID-19 and that #Omicron is mild. These are both incorrect. Vaccination against COVID-19 protects against severe disease.
44 y.o. Tom Urey from Townville Pennsylvania died from COVID in December 2021. His wife, Mandy, 32, died 4 weeks later. #SoulsLostToCovid
“There are days I’d like to sit and cry and drown,” said grandma, “but I have two little boys to raise.... People should get vaccinated.... it could prevent you from getting it so bad that you wind up on a ventilator and possibly losing your life.”
There's no doubt that cases of COVID are decreasing, which is great! However to truly capture the seriousness of the current surge we must end the reclassification of COVID-19 hospitalizations based upon testing positive. I applaud this hospital system for at least providing an *
You should still be counted as a COVID-19 hospitalization after you test negative