Transplant patient, 13, in hospital with kidney problems after catching Covid-19 from key worker dad

A lady who had a lifesaving stem cell transplant on Halloween is again in hospital with extreme kidney issues after catching coronavirus from her key employee dad.

Northumberland teen Alyssa Mulvey suffers from a situation so uncommon it was solely found in 2016, and had the foremost process final 12 months after docs stated she could not survive with out it.

The 13-year-old recovered effectively from the transplant after having stem cells donated by her dad Shane, and went into isolation because the Covid-19 pandemic hit after receiving a ‘shielding’ letter from the Authorities.

However catastrophe struck the household when telecommunications engineer Shane contracted the virus at work and handed it on to each Alyssa and her mum Kirstie.

Alyssa, from Berwick upon Tweed, spent over every week in hospital and made an unbelievable restoration, even making it to a charity run on April 16 after being discharged.

However at a checkup a number of weeks later, docs discovered her blood strain was extraordinarily excessive, and a biopsy revealed she had a severe situation referred to as thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) which Kirstie describes as “leaky kidneys”.

Though the situation was not attributable to Covid-19, medics imagine the virus “ignited it” in her system, and that it had been dormant beforehand.

Alyssa has now been in Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary for 2 weeks having hourly infusions, and faces a protracted street to restoration even when she does make it dwelling.

The resilient teenager has confronted a lifetime of powerful setbacks after spending her total childhood with a thriller sickness that was solely found three years in the past.

Kirstie stated: “She’s been poorly since she was a child, however the situation itself was solely found in 2016, it’s extraordinarily uncommon.

“It prompted her to have horrific ulcers, joint issues, prompted an underactive thyroid.

“Final April we have been advised if she didn’t have a stem cell transplant, they couldn’t inform us how lengthy she can be with us or what high quality of life she would have.”

Fortunately the transplant went effectively and Alyssa and Alyssa returned dwelling to Northumberland after 4 months in hospital.

Kirstie, 40, stated: “She was in hospital from October till January and in addition had chemotherapy to kill her bone marrow.

“On transplant day she shaved her head, as a result of she stated she knew she was going to lose it anyway, however she didn’t need the chemo to take it, she wished to be in management.”

When coronavirus began to reach within the UK, Alyssa obtained a letter telling her to isolate for 12 weeks, because it was simply 5 months after the transplant.

Kirstie stated: “Shane was the primary of us to catch coronavirus. We have been making an attempt to be very cautious.

“We’re unsure the place he picked it up from, but it surely wiped him out for 4 days. He had a good chest, a little bit of a cough, breathlessness, lack of style, headache in addition to fatigue. He couldn’t even open a bottle of coke.

“A couple of days later Alyssa began coughing and have become exhausted. Even strolling downstairs from her mattress to the couch left her struggling to breathe. She utterly misplaced her urge for food and was admitted to hospital.

“We have been very nervous as Alyssa’s immune system remains to be very suppressed after her transplant. We additionally later discovered there was a shadow on her left lung and that it was pneumonia, which was terrifying.

“I then developed a cough and nonetheless have it, with a good chest, aches, and completely no style or scent for a couple of week.

“We’re used to isolation as Alyssa was on the bone marrow transplant ward for 12 weeks. I joined Alyssa in hospital, and it was very exhausting as we have been on the devoted paediatric coronavirus ward for eight nights.”

Alyssa was discharged however needed to come again for normal checks – when the issue along with her kidneys was found.

Kirstie stated: “It’s very severe She has fluid round lungs and coronary heart, and should should have her chest drained.

“It’s very uncommon to get it this lengthy after a transplant – it wasn’t attributable to Covid-19, however the Covid-19 has ignited it in her system.

“Even once we do get out, it’ll be months of restoration, however they’re actually joyful along with her.

“The employees on the Nice North Youngsters’s Hospital have been completely superb, significantly our haematological nurse Ruth and the bone marrow transplant ward have been excellent.”

Alyssa, described by her mum as a daredevil who loves trampolining, cooking and her three canines, has develop into a well-known face in Berwick, and the local people have started an online fundraising page to pay for a vacation for her when she is effectively sufficient.