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All help came too late for her: it initially looked like a harmless cold when Maisie Schmidt (†4) from Ohio in the US was taken to the doctor with a runny nose. But just a few days later, her little heart stopped beating. Stroke!
“We were told it was just a cold, take it home, drink lots of fluids and things like that,” her father Patric Schmidt told the American television channel Cleveland 19. The doctor only spoke of a normal cold. The girl was then allowed to go home again on Saturday.
But the four-year-old girl’s condition quickly deteriorated, so her parents took her to the emergency room. Doctors there immediately referred her to Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland. Then the shock arrived: Maisie Schmidt was put into an induced coma. Her condition was too bad. Shortly afterwards, the doctors explained what the four-year-old really had. Not a cold, but a stroke.
“A CT scan was made. “They said there was a bleed on the brain, so they went to do a scan of it and discovered she had actually had a very large stroke on the right side of her brain,” Maisie Schmidt’s father said.
The swelling in her brain was so severe that part of it had to be removed to save her life. She had to be put into an induced coma due to the human metapneumovirus with which she was infected. The virus can lead to cold symptoms, with severe symptoms common, especially in small children.
Maisie Schmidt’s family opened a Gofundme page to help cover the costs of treatment, as the four-year-old would have to spend several months in an induced coma on life support machines.
Then Tuesday morning the sad news: Maisie Schmidt didn’t make it. According to the four-year-old’s uncle, she died at 11 a.m. “I wish I could give this story a happy ending,” said the uncle. “Those of you who were lucky enough to know Maisie know how caring, smart, funny and loving she was.” (mgf)
Source: Blick
I am Amelia James, a passionate journalist with a deep-rooted interest in current affairs. I have more than five years of experience in the media industry, working both as an author and editor for 24 Instant News. My main focus lies in international news, particularly regional conflicts and political issues around the world.
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