'I WAS VERY SCARED': A Chicago mother wants all parents to be aware of the rare illness that struck her daughter weeks after she came down with COVID-19.
A local mother wants all parents to be aware of the rare illness that struck her daughter weeks after she came down withSeven-year-old Heather spent six days in the ICU at UI Health with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, or MIS-C, which is a condition that strikes four to eight weeks after a COVID infection or exposure.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 NEWS APP"Absolutely.
Oliver says all of her other children were vaccinated before Heather was released from the hospital, and she's urging other families to get vaccinated as well to avoid this rare illness.
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