Karson’s Fearless Fight

This is MIS-C.  An inflammatory condition from COVID-19.  

Karson started to show he was getting sick on 08/28. We closely monitored him, he started to have a mild fever, body aches and would not eat. Which was VERY odd for karson because he eats constantly. We took him to the doctor Monday, they did a rapid Covid test and tested for Flu. Both came back negative. They also sent his Covid test as PCR. They told us to keep monitoring him. That evening, he started to spike a fever of 104.2.  

I called them and made them aware. They suggested I give him luke warm baths and switch off Tylenol and Motrin. 

Tuesday, is where everything starts to get worse. He develops this rash ALL over his body. We did get his fever back down to a low grade. 

Wednesday morning, his pediatrician calls me and says his PCR results was also negative. I then explain to them his fever is 104 again, he developed a rash, won’t eat/drink and is very weak. Once we got to his doctors office, his pediatrician instantly saw just how different he looked from Monday. He had lost 2 pounds between Monday - Wednesday. Both pediatricians suggested it could either be Kawasaki disease or MIS-C. They did not feel comfortable with us leaving to go home. They called different children’s hospitals, most were full. But luckily, we found a hospital that had an available room. We instantly got in the car and drove. We were admitted immediately. 

To be honest, the first couple of hours were such a blur to me. It was very overwhelming for Karson too. There were only 2 different possibilities of conditions. MIS-C or Kawasaki disease. They did a Covid antibodies test and while we waited for the results, things started to go down hill for karson. He had to move his vital signs check to every 2 hours instead of 4. Neither one of us slept great the first night at all. We found out that his Urine had alarming results — involving kidneys, liver. The doctor began to explain that His body is clearly very very inflamed by his results of blood work. His heart rate was very high, in the 150’s. 

They tested him for COVID antibodies in his blood stream. And in which, he does have the antibodies. Meaning, he did have COVID at SOME point. Which makes it more lean on the MIS-C side. Due to the fact of him having the antibodies and the timeline matched up perfectly because myself and his step-father had COVID in July. MIS-C symptoms appear between two and six weeks (four weeks on average) after COVID-19 infection. Most children with MIS-C have antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. 

We had to wait until the next morning to talk with the infectious disease doctor.