A young boy’s parents have shared the heartbreaking moment they thought they would lose their 8-year-old son after he was taken to a hospital after a cardiac arrest.
Only five days before his heart failed, 8-year-old Jayden Hardowar had complained of diarrhea and fever. He was only given Tylenol by a doctor to break the fever but he remained lethargic.
On April 29, his parents, Navita and Roup, panicked after noticing his hands and head were twisted.
“I heard him call for Mommy. Jayden has a strong voice when he calls for Mommy, (but) his voice was very low,” Navita recalled. “That voice grabbed my attention.
“I quickly looked over at his face and his lips were all blue at that point, so right away I knew something was not right here with Jayden.”
Jayden’s brother, 15-year-old Tyrone, helped his dad perform CPR until paramedics arrived.
“As we moved on Atlantic Avenue, all I’m thinking in my mind is Jayden — is he gonna make it? Is he gonna make it?” Roup said to WNBC.
Jayden was rushed to Jamaica Hospital before he was transferred to the ICU at Cohen’s Children’s Hospital. A photo taken by his worried parents showed him on a ventilator as it was difficult for him to breathe on his own.
“It’s still a nightmare thinking of where Jayden is right now. Last week about this time, we were all together having dinner, playing, working from home, teaching from home, learning from home,” Roup shared.
“One of the scariest things as a mother, we’re at home thinking something like this will never happen to us.”
The young boy tested positive for antibodies, indicating he had coronavirus. But his parents said no one in their family had symptoms of the deadly bug.
“None of us — six of us in the home: two adults, four kids — none of us had been sick,” she said. “We’ve all been very strong and practicing our social distancing very diligently … we thought we were safe.”
Medics believe Jayden may have had toxic shock syndrome.
“The fact that we don’t know enough is very scary,” Navita added. “It’s a moment I don’t ever want to relive or would like any parent to experience.”
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