🇨🇦 5 y.o. Porter Nixon was admitted to the pediatric ICU at Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary #Canada due to multi-system inflammatory syndrome due to COVID #TheySurvivedCovid facebook.com/albertahealths… 
"They were trying to get IV lines in & he's scared and he's sick and ... across the unit we could hear him screaming for us," said Cody. "Every time we checked back into the room his condition was getting worse. They had to sedate him because he was so uncomfortable and so sick"
When initially informed of the MIS-C diagnosis, after an antibody test revealed a positive result for COVID, Porter's parents had been shocked — and stumped.
"We were like, 'How? How did he catch it?'” Cody said. “He didn't present any of the signs that you hear about with COVID."
Which is why the Nixons, who are both vaccinated, decided to use the experience to raise awareness about MIS-C.
Indications of COVID in children can be minimal, but Stacey wants parents to know that the serious symptoms of MIS-C may flare up four to six weeks later.
Indications of COVID in children can be minimal, but Stacey wants parents to know that the serious symptoms of MIS-C may flare up four to six weeks later.
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