‘COVID-19 RUINED MY SON’S LIFE-SAVING TRANSPLANT’
May 25, 2020
4 minutes
By Josephine Agostino
Shalyn Eggleton lost count of how many times she took her son Mateoh to the doctor for a ‘cough’ that just wouldn’t go away.
“I was always told it was croup (a respiratory infection),” the 25-year-old tells New Idea “Mateoh was prescribed antibiotics and we were sent on our way.”
As time went on, the mum of four knew that something more was wrong with her son.
“Around the time he turned 2, I noticed he wasn’t like other kids. He wouldn’t play – he would just sit in the corner of the lounge and didn’t look well at all,” the Gold Coast woman recalls.
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