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Mark and Linda Schuttenhelm sit Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in their temporary sleeping area on the main floor of their Jamestown home. Linda is recovering from a severe case of COVID-19. John M. Steiner / Forum News Service
JAMESTOWN, N.D. Linda Schuttenhelm is at her home in Jamestown these days recovering from a serious battle with COVID-19.
Not long ago, however, she was in a Fargo hospital near death as her husband, Mark, scrambled to convince hospital and federal officials that an experimental drug that has shown promise as a weapon against COVID-19 should be allowed to help his wife fight the disease.
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Severe COVID-19 symptoms in children are rare, but worry medical experts without vaccine opportunity below age 16
In North Dakota, there have been nearly 10,500 cases of COVID-19 in people under the age of 19 since the pandemic began. Written By: Grace O Neil | 6:52 pm, Apr. 27, 2021
NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota health officials are concerned about increasing child COVID-19 cases in schools as districts drop mask mandates.
Dr. Doug Griffin, the chief medical officer of Sanford Health in Fargo says they ve only seen one child under 18 in the hospital with COVID-19 since the start of this year.
Throughout the state, there is no one under 20 hospitalized today. In North Dakota, there have been nearly 10,500 cases of COVID-19 in people under the age of 19 since the pandemic began.
Tessa Johnson, a registered nurse in Dickinson and president of the North Dakota Nurses Association, said her group tries to educate its members on the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines, which have ample evidence behind them at this point.
“I’m surprised and shocked at the hesitancy yet,” she said. “The hesitancy I see with younger females still scared of fertility problems,” she said, adding that there is no evidence to support such worries. “People are still hesitant because of that.”
A lot of myths and misinformation circulating on social media are fueling much of the hesitancy, Johnson said. Overcoming that is difficult. “That’s what scares me,” she said.
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Keller said her symptoms haven’t changed much over the years, and during this Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month of April, she’s grateful for that.
“I’m still doing almost all the same things that I ve been doing all along, so I don t let it stop me too much,” she said.
Dr. Tanya Harlow, a neurologist at Sanford Health in Fargo, specializes in movement disorders, spending nearly 70% of her time with Parkinson s patients like Keller.
She said Parkinson’s develops in the basal ganglia or part of the brain that controls smooth movements, due to a loss of dopamine-producing cells there.