Senior volunteers for AmeriCorps Seniors of Mohave County celebrated the holidays with a gift distribution on Friday. Each wish list tag for the volunteers that had been displayed on an
California is opening up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to residents over age 65, but LA County officials say they don t have enough supplies yet to expand the vaccination pool.
It wasn t until Braden had complications from an unrelated surgery that he ended up in and out of hospitals, eventually testing positive for the virus.
Just days after being transferred to Children s Hospital Los Angeles, Braden passed away last week.
His family was told that the cause was multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, a rare pediatric complication stemming from COVID-19. It s very shocking to see how it decided to take him, Brassil said.
A 15-year-old Simi Valley boy is believed to be the second child in LA County to die from MIS-C, the rare inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 in.
Brassil says he had been very afraid of coronavirus and mostly stayed at home. But in December he had several hospital visits for a minor surgery. He tested negative for COVID-19 after both visits.
But on New Year s Eve he started having trouble breathing and was rushed to the hospital. This time he tested positive for COVID-19. We don t know how or when it got to Braden, Brassil said. We don t know. And we re not putting blame on anybody.
His mother is devastated after losing her only child. She s a wreck, Brassil said. We re lost.
While Braden s case came on quite quickly, doctors say there are signs parents can look for.