4-Year-Old Finally Leaves Hospital After 8-Month Battle With COVID-19, Rare Neurological Disorder
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She was diagnosed with Acute Transverse Myelitis and COVID-19
She spent over five months at the pediatric ICU at UNM and another three months at UNM s Carrie Tingley Hospital
She finally got to go home at the end of January
A 4-year-old girl who was paralyzed due to Acute Transverse Myelitis, which was a result of COVID-19, has finally been released from the hospital after eight months.
Stella Martin was brought to San Juan Regional Medical Center in April 2020 after she complained of a backache and went limp in her mother s arms,
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Dr. Barry Ramo tells KOAT that COVID-19 is known for causing a Hyper Immune Response in children which could be to blame for the inflammation in Stella s spinal cord.
According to John Hopkins Medical Center, one-third of people with transverse Myelitis have a full or near full recovery, with most of their symptoms going away. Another third have a fair recovery, retaining some of their symptoms.
Stella spent five months at UNM in Pediatric ICU, from there she was at Carrie Tingley Hospital for another three months.
COVID-19 leaves 4-year-old girl paralyzed Share Updated: 6:58 AM CST Jan 28, 2021 By KOAT Staff Share Updated: 6:58 AM CST Jan 28, 2021
Hide Transcript Share Updated: 6:58 AM CST Jan 28, 2021 By KOAT Staff A 4-year-old girl is paralyzed after she was diagnosed with Acute Transverse Myelitis as a result of COVID-19, the girl s mother tells sister station KOAT. KOAT spoke to 4-year-old Stella Martin and her mother, Cassandra Yazzie, a day after Stella was finally released from the hospital after an 8-month long hospitalization. Yazzie says in April, Stella was playing on the bed when she ran to her mom complaining of back pain. From there she says the young girl “went limp” in her arms. Yazzie rushed Stella to San Juan Regional Medical Center, where she was quickly airlifted to University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. Doctors diagnosed Stella with COVID-19 and shortly after she was diagnosed with Acute Transverse Myelit
Updated: 1:48 PM MST Jan 28, 2021 A 4-year-old girl is paralyzed after she was diagnosed with Acute Transverse Myelitis as a result of COVID-19, the girl s mother tells KOAT. KOAT spoke to 4-year-old Stella Martin and her mother, Cassandra Yazzie, a day after Stella was finally released from the hospital after an 8-month long hospitalization. Yazzie tells KOAT in April Stella was playing on the bed when she ran to her mom complaining of back pain, from there she says the young girl “went limp” in her arms. Yazzie rushed Stella to San Juan Regional Medical Center, where she was quickly airlifted to UNMH. Doctors diagnosed Stella with COVID-19 and shortly after was diagnosed with Acute Transverse Myelitis, Yazzie said. The disease is classified as an acute inflammation of gray and white matter in one or more adjacent spinal cord segments. Doctors told Yazzie this was the first COVID related case they had seen at UNM in a child. Dr. Barry Ramo tells KOAT that COVID-19 is