From GBS to Covid
On 29th May Aarav developed a fever of 100. I understandably freaked out and called his paediatrician who told me not to panic and give him a dose of crocin. By evening his fever had touched normal and didn't return. 11 days later Aarav lost sensation waist downwards and was admitted in the ICU. The doctors diagnosed his condition as GBS [1] , a rare neurological syndrome where the body’s immune system attacks itself. Needless to say, we had never heard of it. He displayed all symptoms of it, except for a fever which was not considered typical. For four days he was examined, probed and prodded with diagnostic tests to confirm the diagnosis of GBS. The first test was for Covid, without which no other tests could be done. The report came negative. This was on 11th June. In the meantime, Aarav’s fever rose to 103.5 and then hovered at 100. The next day was a neurological test which was inconclusive. And the day after that was the MRI and CT Scan. The MRI showed a large hematoma which ...