A 3-year-old boy in Missouri suffered a coronavirus-related stroke, according to his family.
Colt Parris reportedly stopped eating and drinking last week, prompting his mother, Sara Parris, to take him to a local clinic for Covid-19 testing. He was negative at the time, although doctors still recommended that Colt be admitted to the hospital.
As soon as he arrived at the University of Missouri Children’s and Children’s Hospital, Colt tested positive for antibodies to the coronavirus.
According to local reports, Colt soon lost the ability to move his right arm and right leg. His mother also noted that Colt’s speech was “wrong”.
“I went to give him his [stuffed animal] Boo and I noticed that he didn’t use his dominating arm to grab him, “said Sara Parris.” He reached out to pick up his rabbit, and again, I knew something else was not right. “
Doctors soon discovered a blockage in the boy’s brain.
“Covid’s diagnosis is important because we think that the reason that this Covid patient, including the child, has strokes and a variety of other problems is that they have a propensity to form clots,” said neurologist Dr. Camilo Gomez.
In fact, there is no other case like this, “said pediatric neurologist Dr. Paul Carney, who told FOX 2 Now that he had seen another case like Colt’s before, except that the last child did not survive.” If that had been someone during the 40s or 60s, they would probably have a very different result. “
The coronavirus has been associated with neurological conditions before. As FOX News points out, a July study connected Covid-19 to conditions like stroke, delirium, nerve damage and a rare, possibly fatal inflammatory brain condition.
Sara Parris told local news stations that she was not sure where Colt would have hired Covid-19, since she was educating her children at home.
“We minimize audience interaction to [the] “We didn’t go out and, in our head, it can’t be Covid because we’re not close to anyone,” she said.
“We thought we were going to lose him for sure,” said Colt’s father, Tim Parris. “I don’t care how hard you are; you’re going to cry. You can’t help it when it’s your 3-year-old son lying there.”
Fortunately, Colt must recover. “We already had our Christmas,” said Sara Parris. “He’s sitting on the bed over there in the bedroom. I don’t think we could have asked for more than that.”