USA Today
KIDS RECOVERING FROM COVID-19
The nation discovered what the Mary Free Bed Kids team is doing to help children recover from long-haul COVID-19. The stories of three of our young patients were featured on the Sept. 14 cover of USA Today. Yahoo News picked up the stories, too.
Madelynn: ‘Uncharted territory’
Nicaja: ‘I couldn’t breathe’
Waylon: ‘I don’t remember any of that’
Lucky to be alive
Meet Waylon
When seven-year-old Waylon Wehrle caught COVID-19, his symptoms were fairly minor. Then he developed diabetes and became critically ill.
After 80 days of inpatient rehabilitation at Mary Free Bed and additional outpatient therapy, Waylon’s made miraculous strides.