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"School had started, but my 11-year-old son Marty was in bed. His backpack
leaned against the wall. It was a relic, filled with barely touched 6th-grade
textbooks and colored folders in plastic wrap.
“You’ve got to get up,” I said. “You’re missing so much.”
“I’m too tired.”
The first week of middle school, Marty caught COVID-19. He had a fever, sore
throat, and a cough. After 10 days, he tested negative. But when it was time to
get moving, he was listless.
“My body feels heavy,” he said. “I can’t think straight.”
While his classmates divided fractions and made friends, Marty was home with
intermittent fevers, abdominal cramping, and massive fatigue.
I took him to the pediatrician, who ran blood tests and checked his vital
signs.
“Could it be long COVID?” I asked. The doctor gazed at me like I said hocus
pocus.
“Everything looks normal,” he said.
But my kid couldn’t function."
Via Diane A, who wrote:
"A harrowing tale about a middle schooler who got Long COVID. He had lost 10
pounds and all his energy; could barely walk around the block; and went from
being fully functional to needing 24-7 help. But the real story is the journey
of the denial and judgement that this boy and his mother had to face.
No one wants to read this, but we all need to know it. The more we get infected
with COVID19, the likelier this becomes."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
