Houston Chronicle by Todd Ackerman May 28, 2020
Texas Children’s, Children’s Memorial Herman treating several for mysterious coronavirus syndrome
Houston’s two major pediatric hospitals are treating children with the inflammatory syndrome linked to the coronavirus, officials at those institutions said Thursday, the area’s first examples of the mysterious condition now surfacing around the nation.
Texas Children’s and Children’s Memorial Hermann hospital officials said Thursday several patients have or are suspected to have what’s known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C. The syndrome has emerged in recent weeks as the most serious coronavirus-associated threat to kids. Previously, children seemed to escape great risk from the virus, which causes COVID-19.
“Thankfully, we were prepared for this, having first heard about it a month ago from colleagues in Europe,†said Dr. Daniel Penny, Texas Children’s chief of cardiology. “We were terrified at the prospect of COVID-19 in children, then breathed a sigh of relief when so few became infected. It turns out there is the MIS-C risk, but so far we’re pleased with how our cases are going.â€
Penny said the Texas Children’s patients, fewer than 10, are on the road to recovery. Some were critically ill at one point.
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