They’re far from alone in calling everyone to stay home, but the story of British parents Emma and Wayne Bates is heartbreaking. Their six-month-old daughter Erin is hospitalized with all kinds of equipment with the coronavirus. “Please take it seriously.”
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Erin was born six months ago with a heart condition. She weighed just 2.4 pounds and struggles with her windpipe from the start. After open-heart surgery and months of treatments, it finally seemed to be going in the right direction with the “child prodigy,” as her parents affectionately call her. Until she was diagnosed with Covid-19 last Friday. On Facebook they shared a photo of the baby, attached to hoses, wires and equipment. Erin receives oxygen at the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool through a so-called continuous positive airway pressure machine.
Her mother Emma can stay with her as long as she doesn’t develop any complaints. “Then I would be transferred to another hospital.” Since only one person is allowed, her father Wayne is in home isolation in Manchester. The family keeps in touch with each other via video calling.
Vulnerable
They are annoyed that some people do not take the corona measures seriously. “It pisses me off. I take it personally. Even before the lockdown, we were careful in the supermarket, because our daughter is so vulnerable to viruses. Now I still see people who have no respect for distance. People standing in line at an ice cream stand on the beach as if it were a normal day. ”
Mother Emma Bates writes on Facebook: ,, It breaks our heart that we are in a situation where our daughter has to fight for her life. Please pray for Erin. We can’t lose her, she belongs to us. Let our story work on you and take it seriously. ”
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