4-Year-Old Finally Leaves Hospital After 8-Month Battle With COVID-19, Rare Neurological Disorder
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She was diagnosed with Acute Transverse Myelitis and COVID-19
She spent over five months at the pediatric ICU at UNM and another three months at UNM s Carrie Tingley Hospital
She finally got to go home at the end of January
A 4-year-old girl who was paralyzed due to Acute Transverse Myelitis, which was a result of COVID-19, has finally been released from the hospital after eight months.
Stella Martin was brought to San Juan Regional Medical Center in April 2020 after she complained of a backache and went limp in her mother s arms,
4-year-old fighter leaves hospital after 9-month battle with COVID-19
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Little girl leaves hospital after 9 months of battling COVID-19
4-year-old Stella Martin was diagnosed with coronavirus in April 2020 at the University of New Mexico Hospital and after months of fighting the virus was able go home in January 2021.Cassandra Yazzie
A New Mexico mother is speaking out after witnessing her 4-year-old s ongoing fight with COVID-19.
Cassandra Yazzie of Sandoval County, said her daughter, Stella Martin, was hospitalized for nine months after testing positive on April 24, 2020. As a baby Stella was diagnosed with asthma, which increased her risk for getting sicker from the coronavirus.