A toddler has been left almost paralysed by Covid after the virus left him with brain injuries usually seen in victims of serious head injuries or strokes.
Mirko Ibrahim, two, was a “healthy and happy” little boy six months ago but is now often distressed and unable to walk.
His mum, Kawzr, 27, spent months looking for a diagnosis after struggling to get an appointment because of the pandemic.
Hospital visits were also fruitless with tests coming back without answers before she visited a specialist in Germany who confirmed her son had been positive for Covid.
Doctors told her he was suffering from post infectious cerebellar ataxia, which typically is seen in victims of serious head injuries, Hull Live reported.
Distraught Kawzr, from Hull, said: “My son was a healthy, active two-year-old who was walking and talking. He was such an easy child but everything changed over a few weeks. I felt I had lost him."
"I just couldn’t stop crying. My boy was going downhill and it was breaking my heart. I hadn’t slept in weeks, it was horrible to see him suffer like this.
“My son became paralysed within weeks and nothing was done. I just kept getting sent back home and told to wait but in Mirko’s case time was not on our side. I had to leave my job as my son needed me.
“No-one knows my son better than me, and no one feels my pain, I cried every night seeing him like this."
UK consultants have now said they will see Mirko in six months’ time and have recommended regular physio sessions, which he attends.
The mum added: "When I came back to the UK I immediately went back to the doctors and gave them all the reports. I was only given two days of the steroid treatment as they did not think it is even necessary to complete the full dose recommended by Germany.
"I saw progress through the two day treatment, after two weeks he had slowly progressed and started crawling again and I am sure this is from the steroid treatment."
I used to regularly take Mirko to soft play and to the park and he would just enjoy playing with his big sister and run around, now he needs two to three people help him move in the soft play area.
“I will not stop fighting for my little boy, I plan to go abroad again and take matters into my own hands.
“I feel like I have no other option.”
A spokeswoman for Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust said: “We are unable to discuss individual cases publicly because of patient confidentiality.
"However, we would encourage any patient or their representative with concerns about their hospital treatment to raise them with the team looking after them.
"Our Patient Advice and Liaison Service will also be happy to offer help and support to any patient - or their family if appropriate.”
