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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas Kindergartener dies from Covid 19 within 15 hrs after she was diagnosed and sent home
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|Lastassija White first noticed something was wrong on October 27. That's when her 5-year-old daughter, Tagan Drone, began acting lethargic. In the days that followed, the child's symptoms only worsened, until the Texas mother became so worried, she rushed her daughter to the ER. It was there on October 29 that the 5-year-old was diagnosed with the coronavirus. Little did the mom know that less than a day later, her daughter would be dead.
At first, Tagan's symptoms seemed benign.
"She was just sleeping, sleeping, sleeping," her mother told KAMR. "That went on until Tuesday and Wednesday. She was still eating and drinking, and then Wednesday night she started throwing up."
ER doctors quickly diagnosed the little girl with the novel coronavirus but told her mother she had nothing to worry about. In fact, they even sent her home, telling White that "she would be fine."
Tagan was found unresponsive in bed the next morning.
Though she was still breathing and her mother immediately called 911, there was nothing doctors could do. She was pronounced dead later that morning, leaving her family absolutely devastated.
White still can't believe what happened.
"My daughter was perfectly healthy," she told KAMR. "Perfectly healthy. There's no way that should have happened. And [the doctor] came in, they discharged us and just told me that she would be fine. It doesn't affect kids, not to have her around anybody older."
[link:https://cafemom.com/news/healthy-5-year-old-dies-within-15-hours-of-covid-19-diagnosis/tagan-was-found-unresponsive-in-bed-the-next-morning|
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Texas Kindergartener dies from Covid 19 within 15 hrs after she was diagnosed and sent home (Original Post)
tulipsandroses
Nov 2020
OP
Meanwhile, this poor sweet baby is dead, Texas hits 1 million cases, Ted Cruz tweets nonsense
tulipsandroses
Nov 2020
#3
Our healthcare system is especially cruel to black people, esp. women and children.
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2020
#10
malaise
(269,004 posts)1. Good link
Added it to my thread
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)2. Heartbreaking
Murdered by our supposed leader.
tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)3. Meanwhile, this poor sweet baby is dead, Texas hits 1 million cases, Ted Cruz tweets nonsense
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,854 posts)4. OMG!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,190 posts)5. How incredibly sad
In It to Win It
(8,252 posts)6. No way! She's so precious. Fucking idiots running the world
onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)7. 💔💔😢😢😢😢
Blue Owl
(50,381 posts)8. Nooooo!
It didn't have to be this way.
This is the handiwork of DONALD J. TRUMP, mass-murderer, terrorist, and psychopath.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)9. So sad
"It doesn't affect kids."
Rest sweet angel.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,347 posts)10. Our healthcare system is especially cruel to black people, esp. women and children.
drray23
(7,629 posts)12. I was about to post the same thing
Recently, I saw an article about a study showing that black people are more likely to be discharged early from the ER and are not listened to by the doctors as well as white people.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)11. Heartbreaking
ck4829
(35,077 posts)13. Someone needs to lose their medical license over that grievous of an error.