Tragic Baby Alexander Dies Hours After Happy Hospital Snap
Daily Express|May 18, 2020
An eight-month-old boy is believed to be the youngest victim of Kawasaki disease, a rare childhood syndrome being linked to Covid-19.
Hanna Geissler
Tragic Baby Alexander Dies Hours After Happy Hospital Snap

Alexander Parsons is pictured smiling and playing just two hours before he suffered a ruptured aneurysm and died on April 6.

It is feared Kawasaki may be a delayed reaction to coronavirus.

Cases have doubled in the past week and around 200 children are thought to have been affected.

Alexander’s mother Kathryn Rowlands, 29, said: “I can’t believe I carried him for longer than he was alive. I will never be whole again.” The first signs Alexander was ill included a pinprick sunburn-like rash, a high temperature and swollen lymph nodes.

He later developed severe sickness and the hands and soles of his feet turned red.

Derriford Hospital, Plymouth diagnosed Kawasaki disease, a rare inflammatory syndrome that usually affects children under five.

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