"Kids don't come home and say, 'Mom, I have post-exertional malaise, or I have brain fog. What happens is that they start doing poorly in school, and parents find out weeks and weeks later."
Adults with long #COVID have had a whole life where we understood what it meant to be healthy and active and not have these symptoms, whereas children don't recognize they're not fully well or have the vocabulary to report their symptoms. 💔