After a weeks-long battle with COVID-19 complications, including the development of gangrene in his legs, a 10-year-old boy in Texas has died.
According to his aunt, Ashley Engmann, who told KTRK-TV in Houston that the boy’s mother made the difficult decision to take him off life support on Wednesday.
On Sept 30, Zyrin Foots was hospitalized for Covid-19 before being diagnosed with a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C).
According to the CDC, MIS-C is a disorder in which multiple body regions can become inflamed, and “many children with MIS-C had the virus that causes COVID-19, or had been around someone with COVID-19.”
According to his aunt, the complications made it impossible for Zyrin’s heart to pump blood to his limbs, and as a result, the boy “developed gangrene in the legs,” forcing the family to make a tough decision.
“They gave my sister a choice: to amputate his legs and arms or let him go,” she said. “Without the amputation, he doesn’t have any chance to live. With it, he has a 25 percent chance.”
Zyrin was Engmann’s sister’s eldest child, according to a GoFundMe account set up to help “final expenses” and funeral fees.
According to People, The campaign has raised almost $17,000 as of last night.
