https://www.itv.com/news/2023-01-20/i-really-miss-school-71000-children-in-uk-suffering-from-long-covid
'I really miss school': 71,000 children in UK struggling with long Covid >HEALTH
CORONAVIRUS
Friday 20 January 2023 at 11:33pm
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Chloe Keedy
Reporter, ITV News
ITV News' Chloe Keedy heard from two children learning to live with long >Covid
"Some days you can cope with it, some days you can’t."
12-year-old Tillie Adams has been living with the effects of Covid for
two years.
Diagnosed in January 2021, her "cold-like symptoms" quickly turned into >something more serious.
"Mainly it was the stomach pains," her mum Kelly explains. "She was
getting really bad stomach pains and when she would eat they’d get
worse, and she’d be crying out in pain. So she stopped eating altogether."
By the time Tillie was admitted to hospital in April 2021, she weighed
just three stone.
Ever since then, Tillie has had to be fed through a tube. Her symptoms
are still hugely debilitating, making her feel sick and causing severe
pain in her stomach and legs.
She is now back at school part-time, but struggles to do any of the
other things she used to enjoy.
Tillie is one of 71,000 children in the UK suffering from post Covid-19 >syndrome, better known as long Covid.
Tillie now eats via a tube.
Credit: ITV News
UK Covid-19 infections may have peaked after Christmas wave
"You’ve got to think not just about that day," says Tillie. "You've got
to think about the next day.
"Because if you've got something important the next day, you can't do >anything that day. I try to think of all the positives. I try to think:
'I'm going to get better, I'm going to get better'.
"But, actually, I don't really know."
Kelly says the doctors are "hopeful" that her daughter will make a
recovery, "but there’s no guarantee".
At Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London they've developed a dedicated >clinic for children with long Covid.
14-year-old Imani Howsam is one of around 50 patients they've seen since
it was established in October 2021.
Imani Howsam with her parents.
Credit: ITV News
It's designed as a 'one stop shop' where each child is assessed by a
team of seven specialists, including psychologists, physiotherapists and >dieticians.
Rob Schneider is an occupational therapist at the clinic. He tells me
that long Covid causes a huge range of chronic symptoms in the children
he treats, but that the kind of symptoms Imani has - "the fatigue, the
brain fog, the difficulties with transitioning back to school" are
fairly common.
Imani’s dad Karl says his daughter used to love playing squash and
swimming, "but she can’t do those things anymore".
Her mum Nadia tells me that Imani is so exhausted, she sometimes sleeps
for 18 hours a day.
The day we meet at the clinic marks only the second time Imani has left
the house in a month, and she hasn’t been able to go to school for a year.
"I really miss school", she tells me. "I miss my friends. I just want my >normal life back."
The clinic at Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of 14 ‘hubs’ across England >dedicated to treating children with long Covid.
The specialists can’t promise to cure the condition, but they aim to try
and help children live with it.
"The hope is that with the right intervention, you turn it around more >quickly, and we see some of the young people in our clinic get better
within a few months," explains Dr Emma Parish, a paediatric consultant
who helped to set up the service.
"But on the whole it takes a number of months and it's about a slowly >improving picture. I think the impact socially for them is huge, and the >impact for us as a society - because these are young people that need to
get better so they can do what we want them to do and they want to do in
the future."
Imani’s trip from her home in Surrey to her hospital appointment in
London will take her days, if not weeks to recover from.
But when we chat after her appointment, she is beaming.
Both her and her parents tell me that it’s the first time since she
became ill they feel as though they’ve been taken seriously, been
listened to - the first time they’ve been heard.
Michael Ejercito wrote:
https://www.itv.com/news/2023-01-20/i-really-miss-school-71000-children-in-uk-suffering-from-long-covid
'I really miss school': 71,000 children in UK struggling with long Covid
HEALTH
CORONAVIRUS
Friday 20 January 2023 at 11:33pm
The profile picture of Chloe Keedy
Chloe Keedy
Reporter, ITV News
ITV News' Chloe Keedy heard from two children learning to live with long
Covid
"Some days you can cope with it, some days you can’t."
12-year-old Tillie Adams has been living with the effects of Covid for
two years.
Diagnosed in January 2021, her "cold-like symptoms" quickly turned into
something more serious.
"Mainly it was the stomach pains," her mum Kelly explains. "She was
getting really bad stomach pains and when she would eat they’d get
worse, and she’d be crying out in pain. So she stopped eating altogether." >>
By the time Tillie was admitted to hospital in April 2021, she weighed
just three stone.
Ever since then, Tillie has had to be fed through a tube. Her symptoms
are still hugely debilitating, making her feel sick and causing severe
pain in her stomach and legs.
She is now back at school part-time, but struggles to do any of the
other things she used to enjoy.
Tillie is one of 71,000 children in the UK suffering from post Covid-19
syndrome, better known as long Covid.
Tillie now eats via a tube.
Credit: ITV News
UK Covid-19 infections may have peaked after Christmas wave
"You’ve got to think not just about that day," says Tillie. "You've got
to think about the next day.
"Because if you've got something important the next day, you can't do
anything that day. I try to think of all the positives. I try to think:
'I'm going to get better, I'm going to get better'.
"But, actually, I don't really know."
Kelly says the doctors are "hopeful" that her daughter will make a
recovery, "but there’s no guarantee".
At Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London they've developed a dedicated
clinic for children with long Covid.
14-year-old Imani Howsam is one of around 50 patients they've seen since
it was established in October 2021.
Imani Howsam with her parents.
Credit: ITV News
It's designed as a 'one stop shop' where each child is assessed by a
team of seven specialists, including psychologists, physiotherapists and
dieticians.
Rob Schneider is an occupational therapist at the clinic. He tells me
that long Covid causes a huge range of chronic symptoms in the children
he treats, but that the kind of symptoms Imani has - "the fatigue, the
brain fog, the difficulties with transitioning back to school" are
fairly common.
Imani’s dad Karl says his daughter used to love playing squash and
swimming, "but she can’t do those things anymore".
Her mum Nadia tells me that Imani is so exhausted, she sometimes sleeps
for 18 hours a day.
The day we meet at the clinic marks only the second time Imani has left
the house in a month, and she hasn’t been able to go to school for a year. >>
"I really miss school", she tells me. "I miss my friends. I just want my
normal life back."
The clinic at Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of 14 ‘hubs’ across England
dedicated to treating children with long Covid.
The specialists can’t promise to cure the condition, but they aim to try >> and help children live with it.
"The hope is that with the right intervention, you turn it around more
quickly, and we see some of the young people in our clinic get better
within a few months," explains Dr Emma Parish, a paediatric consultant
who helped to set up the service.
"But on the whole it takes a number of months and it's about a slowly
improving picture. I think the impact socially for them is huge, and the
impact for us as a society - because these are young people that need to
get better so they can do what we want them to do and they want to do in
the future."
Imani’s trip from her home in Surrey to her hospital appointment in
London will take her days, if not weeks to recover from.
But when we chat after her appointment, she is beaming.
Both her and her parents tell me that it’s the first time since she
became ill they feel as though they’ve been taken seriously, been
listened to - the first time they’ve been heard.
The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
the UK & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19
) finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://tinyurl.com/ConvinceItForward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota,
Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations combining via
slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like
http://tinyurl.com/Deltamicron that may render current COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
Michael Ejercito wrote:
https://www.itv.com/news/2023-01-20/i-really-miss-school-71000-children-in-uk-suffering-from-long-covid
'I really miss school': 71,000 children in UK struggling with long Covid >>> HEALTH
CORONAVIRUS
Friday 20 January 2023 at 11:33pm
The profile picture of Chloe Keedy
Chloe Keedy
Reporter, ITV News
ITV News' Chloe Keedy heard from two children learning to live with long >>> Covid
"Some days you can cope with it, some days you can’t."
12-year-old Tillie Adams has been living with the effects of Covid for
two years.
Diagnosed in January 2021, her "cold-like symptoms" quickly turned into
something more serious.
"Mainly it was the stomach pains," her mum Kelly explains. "She was
getting really bad stomach pains and when she would eat they’d get
worse, and she’d be crying out in pain. So she stopped eating altogether." >>>
By the time Tillie was admitted to hospital in April 2021, she weighed
just three stone.
Ever since then, Tillie has had to be fed through a tube. Her symptoms
are still hugely debilitating, making her feel sick and causing severe
pain in her stomach and legs.
She is now back at school part-time, but struggles to do any of the
other things she used to enjoy.
Tillie is one of 71,000 children in the UK suffering from post Covid-19
syndrome, better known as long Covid.
Tillie now eats via a tube.
Credit: ITV News
UK Covid-19 infections may have peaked after Christmas wave
"You’ve got to think not just about that day," says Tillie. "You've got
to think about the next day.
"Because if you've got something important the next day, you can't do
anything that day. I try to think of all the positives. I try to think:
'I'm going to get better, I'm going to get better'.
"But, actually, I don't really know."
Kelly says the doctors are "hopeful" that her daughter will make a
recovery, "but there’s no guarantee".
At Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London they've developed a dedicated >>> clinic for children with long Covid.
14-year-old Imani Howsam is one of around 50 patients they've seen since >>> it was established in October 2021.
Imani Howsam with her parents.
Credit: ITV News
It's designed as a 'one stop shop' where each child is assessed by a
team of seven specialists, including psychologists, physiotherapists and >>> dieticians.
Rob Schneider is an occupational therapist at the clinic. He tells me
that long Covid causes a huge range of chronic symptoms in the children
he treats, but that the kind of symptoms Imani has - "the fatigue, the
brain fog, the difficulties with transitioning back to school" are
fairly common.
Imani’s dad Karl says his daughter used to love playing squash and
swimming, "but she can’t do those things anymore".
Her mum Nadia tells me that Imani is so exhausted, she sometimes sleeps
for 18 hours a day.
The day we meet at the clinic marks only the second time Imani has left
the house in a month, and she hasn’t been able to go to school for a year. >>>
"I really miss school", she tells me. "I miss my friends. I just want my >>> normal life back."
The clinic at Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of 14 ‘hubs’ across England
dedicated to treating children with long Covid.
The specialists can’t promise to cure the condition, but they aim to try >>> and help children live with it.
"The hope is that with the right intervention, you turn it around more
quickly, and we see some of the young people in our clinic get better
within a few months," explains Dr Emma Parish, a paediatric consultant
who helped to set up the service.
"But on the whole it takes a number of months and it's about a slowly
improving picture. I think the impact socially for them is huge, and the >>> impact for us as a society - because these are young people that need to >>> get better so they can do what we want them to do and they want to do in >>> the future."
Imani’s trip from her home in Surrey to her hospital appointment in
London will take her days, if not weeks to recover from.
But when we chat after her appointment, she is beaming.
Both her and her parents tell me that it’s the first time since she
became ill they feel as though they’ve been taken seriously, been
listened to - the first time they’ve been heard.
The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
the UK & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19
) finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://tinyurl.com/ConvinceItForward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
mutations and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota,
Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations combining via
slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like
http://tinyurl.com/Deltamicron that may render current COVID
vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
I am wonderfully hungry!
HeartQuack Andrew wrote:
NOT Michael Ejercito wrote:
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTestI am wonderfully hungry!
) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
(Chloe) 02/04/23 Again praying w/ MichaelE here ...
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bible.prophecy/c/zoplJljLSac/m/bsXnCGxZBgAJ
HeartDoc Andrew wrote:
(Chloe) 02/04/23 Again praying w/ MichaelE here ...Let us pray!
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bible.prophecy/c/zoplJljLSac/m/bsXnCGxZBgAJ >>
(Chloe) 02/04/23 Again praying w/ MichaelE here ...Let us pray!
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bible.prophecy/c/zoplJljLSac/m/bsXnCGxZBgAJ >>>
Pray that the ICE 5-0 won't rapture you and deport you back to Manila,
gook!
On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 09:05:23 -0800, NOT Michael Ejercito <MEjercit@HotMail.com> wrote:
HeartDoc Andrew wrote:
(Chloe) 02/04/23 Again praying w/ MichaelE here ...Let us pray!
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bible.prophecy/c/zoplJljLSac/m/bsXnCGxZBgAJ >>>
Pray that the ICE 5-0 won't rapture you and deport you back to Manila,
gook!
The REAL Revd Terence Fformby-Smythe wrote:
On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 09:05:23 -0800, NOT Michael EjercitoI am an American!
<MEjercit@HotMail.com> wrote:
HeartDoc Andrew wrote:
(Chloe) 02/04/23 Again praying w/ MichaelE here ...Let us pray!
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bible.prophecy/c/zoplJljLSac/m/bsXnCGxZBgAJ
Pray that the ICE 5-0 won't rapture you and deport you back to Manila,
gook!
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