Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Schools alert girl, five, on road to recovery
Twins riddle as only one hit by illness
A GIRL of five fighting for her life in hospital just weeks after catching coronavirus has “turned a corner”.
Scarlett Roberts has something similar to Covid-related Kawasaki syndrome and was given just a 20%
IDENTICAL twins of five months sparked a medical mystery after one suffered a rare coronavirus-related illness while the other remained in perfect health.
Mum Hannah Godwin, 35, noticed Leia had a rash and high temperature while sister Thea was “healthy and happy”.
Leia was rushed to Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, South Wales, from their home in nearby Risca three weeks ago. She was treated for an inflammatory chance of survival. But yesterday stepdad Piers Roberts, of Wakefield, said: “She’s made vast improvements.”
He said later she has made “amazing” progress and is “well on the way to recovery, it seems”. Scarlett’s mum disease in young children linked with an extreme reaction to Covid-19. Hannah said: “It got difficult for her to breathe and she got transferred to critical care.
“She went through a scary time. God knows what could have happened if she hadn’t had the treatment early on.”
Leia’s arteries also began to swell to a life-threatening size. Hannah said: “The consultant said, ‘If there’s a rupture she’s not going to survive’.” Leia was then
Naomi Roberts wrote on social media: “A corner is turned.”
Piers, a music teacher and former nurse, repeated his concern about children returning to school.
The family released a picture of their transferred to Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales in Cardiff, where she tested positive for antibodies to Covid-19 and was treated in isolation.
Hannah and husband Simon, 33, hope she will be allowed home soon.
Doctors plan to do genetic testing to understand why she reacted the way she did. They also want to take blood from Thea to see if she has had Covid-19 – and if so, why she did not react the same way. daughter in intensive care to highlight the risks. He told Good Morning Britain: “Teachers want to teach, parents want kids to be in school. But if these are complications and the science is emerging we must understand that.”