Born far too early, Baby Peyton was already infected with the corona virus. Scotland’s youngest Covid patient is now considered cured.
After the first weeks of constant care in the hospital, the young mother noticed that her baby was sniffing barely audible and a slight cough. Peyton was immediately tested for a virus infection by the doctors.
Opposite the BBC, Tracy Maguire remembers the moment. It was one of the “worst things” she had ever seen. “It was the first time I saw my baby crying. I held her, cried myself and tried to get through everything together.” The little girl was only three weeks old when the doctors diagnosed the shock: Corona.
“The doctor tried to calm me down, but I could only sob. As good as she was, I kept asking myself how she could get infected. How can she fight it when she is so tiny? ? It was just this insecurity … “
The premature baby should then be separated from his parents and treated in an isolation ward. Not being able to hold her newborn daughter in her arms for a full 14 days, but that was inconceivable for Mama Tracy. She pleaded with the doctors to stay with her baby until they finally agreed. “As well as they looked after her, I am her mother. Even if it were just a cold, I would want to stay with her,” the woman continues. However, her husband Adrian was not allowed to visit her, he had to wait for his family at home in self-isolation.
On Monday, he was able to hold his daughter in his arms for the first time since. Scotland’s youngest corona patient is now considered cured.
The young family was very happy to thank the doctors and nurses of the Wishaw General Hospital. “They are doing a job that is totally surreal – they are risking their lives just to make sure my baby is fed and even holding them in full armor,” said Tracy Maguire. “It is incredible, you will never understand how grateful I am to these people. Peyton is the most important thing in this world to me and I have entrusted it to them.”
