Lewis Greig remains on a ventilator to allow him to breathe easier, but is slowly beginning to recover from Covid-19 with his mother warning parents to look for unusual symptoms.
At home in Aberdeen, Scotland, he developed a high temperatures for the first time and his condition deteriorated rapidly.
When the teenager suffered from a bad rash, swollen red eyes and vomiting, he was hospitalised and tested positive for Covid-19.
Since then, he has been transferred to an intensive care unit in Glasgow and his family must wear protective equipment during his visit.
According to the Mirror, Lewis’ concerned mum Karen Simpson, 38, said: “He started being sick, had a sore head and was really tired.
“We’d already been on the phone to the Covid-19 hub on 111 and they said to make sure he was drinking – if they needed to admit him they would.
“By Thursday, he had developed a measles-like rash on his hands and his eyes went deep red and bloodshot.
“On Friday morning, he woke up in a bad way. We phoned the doctor, who had a quick look at him and they phoned the sick kids’ hospital.
“We took him up straight away, and when we got there, he couldn’t walk from the car into the building.”
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