A North Carolina teenager was left struggling to walk after falling ill with coronavirus disease, according to a report.
15-year-old Cooper Hudson of Stanly County was healthy and active until about two weeks ago, when he began experiencing strange symptoms, the WSOC reported.
“When he woke up, he was so dizzy he could barely walk and it was terrible,” his mother, Melanie Hudson, told the dam.
When his health deteriorated, he was admitted to Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, where he tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies.
Doctors there diagnosed him with a virus-related condition known as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C.
The disease attacks children’s organs about two weeks after contracting the virus.
“I mean, we knew it was serious, but we didn’t know how serious it was in those early days,” Cooper’s father, Matt Hudson, said at the exit.
In Cooper’s case, the syndrome affected the liver and heart.
“Their blood pressure was going down quickly and that was the signal that told them he had to go into the ICU,” his father said.
With the help of steroids, his health has improved and he has been discharged from the hospital.
But the teenager said he is still on his way to recovery.
“I’m still tired, but it will take time,” Cooper told the dam.