Race against time as infant battles rare disease and COVID-19
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Rachael Seales comforts her two year old son Amari John at the Couva Hospital and Multi Training Facility as they both battle COVID-19.
COURTESY RACHAEL SEALES
Jesse Ramdeo
As if battling a rare illness was not enough for two-year-old Amari John, the infant now has another obstacle he must overcome, COVID-19.
Last December, Guardian Media captured John as he danced and spun to his favourite song, all while his health hung in the balance.
Up until then, his parents Rachael Seales and Abiel John described their boy as nothing short of a miracle.
Infant, 2, needs life-saving surgery
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Little Amari John sits between his parents Racheal Seales and Abiel John. Amari suffers from Wiskott Aldrich syndrome and needs life-saving surgery urgently.
COURTESY RACHEAL SEALES
Jesse Ramdeo
Little Amari John’s illness is so rare that he is believed to be the only patient being treated for it in Trinidad and Tobago and probably the entire Caribbean. He has had bouts of bleeding, recurrent infections and developed skin conditions, all before his second birthday.