The 1-year-old boy, who has Down syndrome, was taken off a ventilator after a month, but there’s a long road to recovery ahead.
OMAHA, Neb. - A 1-year-old boy with Down syndrome is recovering after he spent a month in the hospital on a ventilator fighting COVID-19.
Crue Crosby, 1, tested positive for COVID-19 in December. He has Down syndrome, and his history of open heart surgery and a rare immune disease made the virus so much scarier, his mother says. “We are seeing a burden of the illness disproportionately on those younger kids,” she said. “Some children with special needs have a low immune response to infections in the first place.”
In the month Crue was intubated, intensive care unit beds for children have only become harder and harder to come by. “What exactly happened was my nightmare, my worst dream that I thought could ever happen,” Crosby said.
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