At the very start of this global pandemic (if fact before it was even declared an actual pandemic), I know that many Kawasaki disease parents were already beginning to panic. As news out of China and then Europe started to ramp up about a novel coronavirus, KD parents were hotly discussing it in the online support groups and raising their concerns with their doctors. Reports that those with underlying health conditions may have a more severe case of the coronavirus left many KD parents uneasy and then reports that COVID-19 may be causing cardiac damage made all KD parents take pause. Things then went from bad to worse when news from the UK surfaced about an inflammatory illness that was emerging in children, which was likened to Kawasaki disease. At this point it was all out pandemonium in the online Kawasaki disease parent and patient community. I know that Kawasaki disease experts and organizations have done their best to provide reassurance and comfort based on their KD
Personal blog documenting the life of a Kawasaki disease survivor, as told by his mother.