Covid's disruptions are becoming less noticeable to some. But for her and many other Covid survivors, normal still feels far away.
Their ongoing health issues have a ripple effect on their whole families. When Hairston first came home, Peatross, a nurse, went part-time to painstakingly help her daughter regain simple skills: taking a shower, walking up steps, picking up a sandwich.It was exhausting. One day, sitting on her bed, Hairston felt so demoralized trying to put on socks and shoes, that both she and her mom started crying.
She had been admitted earlier in the week after Peatross saw something terrifying: Hairston’s eyes drifting outward in opposite directions. Looking over CT scans of her brain a day later, doctors saw widespread damage. They asked her family: What did they want to do about life support? Hairston’s family became more hopeful. Peatross placed a salmon-colored journal in her hospital room for visitors to write letters to her that she could read if she woke up.Cornell Watson for NBC NewsAs June turned into JulyHairston’s kidneys started functioning on their own, allowing her to get off dialysis. She started responding to people’s voices. One day in July 2020, she leaned up to give her mom a kiss for the first time in months.
She feels protected against getting very sick again because she’s vaccinated and boosted, and she wants other young people to know they’re not invincible.She still would like to move into her own apartment, hopefully one year from now. She also hopes to be in another relationship someday.
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