Jonathan Mattise
NASHVILLE - Seven-year-old Carpenter Adoo has earned the nickname âTiny but Mightyâ in short order.
He underwent his first surgery at a week old and spent four months in the neonatal intensive care unit. He s powered through more than a dozen procedures to keep the excess fluid draining from his brain safely, routinely greeting nurses with hugs and handshakes. He handles it all with a grace that I donât know that I would ever be able to handle it,â Carpenterâs mother, Leah Williamson, said from Memphis.
Carpenter s medical condition makes him particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, putting him in a population that states are wrestling with how to prioritize as vaccine supplies fall short of demand. Tennessee last month joined a handful of states in moving the families of medically frail children like Carpenter up the vaccine priority list. State officials bumped them above critical infrastructure workers, grocery store employee
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