Woman praises NHS staff for ‘outstanding care’ after five-month-old daughter tests positive for coronavirus
‘You never think it’s going to happen to you or your family,’ says Emily Woodger
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Your support makes all the difference.A young mother from Suffolk has praised the “amazing” NHS staff for caring for her five-month-old daughter after she tested positive for coronavirus.
Emily Woodger, 25, said her daughter Amelia was hospitalised for three days with the virus.
“The doctors and nurses were simply amazing, and treated her quickly,” she said.
“We are so grateful to the NHS and West Suffolk Hospital.”
Amelia started showing symptoms for Covid-19 on 4 April while on a family walk.
“We returned home worried, as Amelia had slept the whole time which is unlike her,” Woodger recalled.
“I took her temperature and it was high. We gave her Calpol and a bath, but it just kept going up. It went over 39 degrees.”
Woodger proceeded to phone 111 and eventually was called back by a doctor.
“He said it could have been possible chicken pox and to call back if we were worried,” she said.
“By 10.30 in the evening she was cold, but sweating. Her temperature was up again and she had a high heart rate.
“We called again and were told we would need to go to A&E.”
When her daughter was diagnosed with Covid-19, Woodger says she was “completely heartbroken”.
“You never think it’s going to happen to you or your family,” she added.
However, Amelia was let out of hospital three days later and is now on the mend, though she is still battling a cough.
“I feel like I have been living in a movie,” Woodger said of the ordeal.
“It goes without saying, stay at home and keep your loved ones safe.
“The biggest thank you to West Suffolk hospital for the most outstanding care at these uncertain times.”
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