As hospitals brace for the impact of COVID-19, it’s having an effect on some people with chronic illnesses. One New Brunswick teen living with a rare condition isn’t being admitted to the hospital for treatment because of the risk posed by the virus.
Mackenzie Walsh’s sweet 16 is on Friday and all she wants as a gift is to be admitted to the hospital. But with the threat of COVID-19, it’s an impossible ask which is breaking her mother’s heart. “I don’t want to hear the crutches anymore,” said Catherine McNeill of Quispamsis.
She said five months ago her daughter was diagnosed with a rare disease known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. McNeill said the neurological disorder is causing excruciating, 24-hour pain and atrophy in her leg and