Missouri doctors said a 3-year-old boy experienced a stroke after testing positive for COVID-19, in what they called a possible example of the neurological effects associated with the coronavirus pandemic.
The toddler, Colt Parris, tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies and hours later lost the ability to move his right arm and leg, his mother, Sara Parris, told NBC affiliate KSN- TV. Dr. Paul Carney, a pediatric neurologist, said the boy had a stroke that cut off his blood supply to the left side of his brain.
“There really isn’t any other case like this,” Carney told the station.
Parris was recovering Thursday at the University of Missouri Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Columbia after surgery to treat a brain clot, KSN-TV reported. He is expected to fully recover, doctors reported on departure.
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