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.
It only takes a small deed to brighten someone else’s day.
Simi Valley resident Braden Michael Wilson shared these words in a 2019 speech at his eighth-grade promotion ceremony.
On Jan. 5, Braden lost his chance to brighten other s days. He died from complications associated with MIS-C, a rare multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children linked to COVID-19, at Children s Hospital Los Angeles, his family said. He was 15.
The Centers for Disease Control reported the United States had 23 deaths related to MIS-C as of late last year. The criteria to be considered a MIS-C death includes being under age 21 with fever, inflammation and severe illness involving multiple organs, and a positive COVID diagnosis or exposure to the virus in the past four weeks.