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This is my 5 yrs old great niece. She was fit & healthy until a mild bout of Covid19 5wks ago from which she appeared to recover.
She is now in ICU with a Kawasaki inflammatory response.
She is off the ventilator but has developed heart problems.1/
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Her parents, a doctor (mum) and teacher (dad, my nephew), want her story sharing as they not only now have this dreadfully intimate personal experience but are both at the frontline of this crisis & see firsthand how schools will be the next frontline. 2/
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My nephew & his wife want the UK to know they are appalled at proposals to bring back to school full year groups on 1st June. They expect, as do the teaching & medical unions, more cases like that of their daughter if the govt persists in this plan. 3/
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My nephew wants to get back to full time face-to-face teaching as soon as possible.
But using his daughter & those like her as guinea pigs is an unconscionable risk & one we cannot take while so little is known about the illness that felled her. 4/
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They are also inexpressibly grateful to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Leeds General Infirmary for the amazing care the staff have given to their daughter.

Update on her condition from my nephew is below. https://twitter.com/MrRoberts_1/status/1261934705752055808?s=19

Further update on Scarlett. She's had to go to theatre to have a second line put in. Her heart is doing scary things. Her mum says it's a routine procedure and should make the next few days easier for her.

My nephew Piers is going to be interviewed on Good Morning Britain this morning at around 7 am. Please watch if you can.

Well done @MrRoberts_1 You were calm and dignified on #GMB just now. I'm proud of you and so reminded of your late uncle Eddy.

A great update on Facebook from Scarlett's mum Naomi. She's been such a little fighter and (fingers crossed) has turned a corner, thanks to the #NHSheroes at Leeds General and Pinderfields.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10102984832114922&id=61107308

Worryingly, another Covid related inflammatory syndrome case in the same hospital in Leeds
@piersmorgan https://twitter.com/JuneSim63/status/1262441593237319689?s=19

Another update from Scarlett's mum, Naomi on Facebook. Scarlett is steadily improving but there's a long, long way to go yet.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10102985570644902&id=61107308

For those of you without Facebook access,this is mum Naomi's post this morning on Scarlett's progress. Truly a little fighter.....with the help of the Leeds #NHSheroes