According to a report, a North Carolina teen had trouble walking after an illness caused by the coronavirus.
Cooper Hudson, 15, of Stanly County was healthy and active until about two weeks ago when he started having strange symptoms, WSOC news channel reported.
“When he got up, he was so dizzy he could barely walk and it was awful,” his mother, Melanie Hudson, told the outlet.
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 condition affects children’s organs about two weeks after they contract the virus.
“I mean, we knew it was serious, but we didn’t know how serious it was in those early days,” Cooper’s dad, Matt Hudson, told the outlet.
In Cooper’s case, the syndrome impacted his liver and heart.
“His blood pressure was falling rapidly and that was the sign that told them he needed to go to the ICU,” his father said.
With the help of steroids his health improved and he was released from the hospital.
But the teenager said he is still on the road to recovery.
“I’m still tired, but it will take a while,” Cooper told the outlet.