A schoolboy with coronavirus has been left fighting for his life on a ventilator after developing rashes and bloodshot eyes.

13-year-old Lewis Greig has been admitted to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow after falling ill. His mother, Karen Simpson, thought that he didn’t have coronavirus as he didn’t develop a dry cough.

However, the boy’s condition worsened and he developed other symptoms, including red swollen eyes, measles-like rash, and vomiting.

Lewis was first admitted to an Aberdeen hospital before he was transferred to an intensive care unit in Glashow where he was diagnosed with coronavirus.

“It all started last Saturday when we discovered he had a temperature. It was really high – about 40.5 degrees,” Ms. Simpson shared.

“On the Sunday though, things weren’t any better and Lewis started to get progressively worse as the week went on. He started being sick, had a sore head and was really tired. We’d already been on the phone to the COVID-19 hub on 111 and they said to make sure he was drinking – if they needed to admit him they would.

“By Thursday, he had developed a measles-like rash on his hands and his eyes went deep red and bloodshot.

“On Friday morning, he woke up in a bad way. We phoned the doctor, who had a quick look at him and they phoned the sick kids’ hospital. We took him up straight away, and when we got there, he couldn’t walk from the car into the building.”

Doctors recently issued an alert about an increase in the number of children being admitted to intensive care with symptoms of Kawasaki disease. They were also told to be mindful of those symptoms.

Ms. Simpson wants to make other parents aware of warning signs which may show kids are suffering from coronavirus.

“They might show some really strange symptoms which aren’t fitting with the normal coronavirus symptoms. Make sure you get them checked and keep pushing to have them tested,” she expressed.

“Lewis is now making small steady steps towards getting better, although he is still having to have quite a lot of medication and is still on a ventilator,” Ms. Simpson said.

“He is showing some positive signs and he is definitely in the right place. He will get through this because he is a fighter.”

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