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Detroit Parents Warns Others ‘It’s Coming From You’ After Their 5-year-old Daughter Dies Of COVID-19

Skylar Herbert, 5, has passed away after testing positive for COVID-19 in March and eventually developed a rare form of meningitis and brain swelling. Herbert is believed to be the youngest person in Michigan to have passed away after testing positive for the virus according to NBC News.

LaVondria Herbert a police officer told the news station that her daughter’s diagnosis came as a shock because she hadn’t left their house in days. Also, LaVondria and Ebbie haven’t tested positive.

“This is something that has gotten out of hand, and we need to do something about it, and that’s the reason why we’re doing this interview,” Ebbie Herbert said. “To let people know that it doesn’t matter what age you are, it’s coming for you.”

Skylar’s symptoms at first seemed like strep throat according to her mother and the virus never crossed their minds.

“She was being herself — eating, drinking, playing for, like, the first couple of days,” LaVondria told NBC News. “But on that fourth day, she started complaining about the headache. And the fever — I just couldn’t break the fever.”

Skylar’s oxygen levels were fine and didn’t appear to show any signs of respiratory distress, however, she diagnosed with a rare form of meningitis due to complications from COVID-19. Then on April 3 doctors put the 5-year-old on a ventilator as a precaution.

“So even the doctors were baffled, but they really reached out and tried to find something to do to help her,” LaVondria said.

Skylar passed away last Sunday with her parents, doctors, and nurses surrounding him.

“You have doctors out here trying and nurses out here trying,” Ebbie said. “And they get attached. They were crying, too. It’s hard on everybody.”

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has gotten backlash over public health restrictions in the state, but the Herberts are appreciated of her efforts to keep people safe.

“When you’re dealing with a virus like this, we’re learning, and even now,” Ebbie said. “It doesn’t care what color you are. It doesn’t care about your nationality. It doesn’t care about your political preference. It’s just a monster that is trying to destroy whatever is in its way.”

LaVondria said she couldn’t pinpoint one thing she misses the most about her daughter, whom she refers to as her partner in crime.

“She’d just climb in the bed, step on your back,” LaVondria Herbert said. “She was just, she would do so many things. We miss so many things about her.

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