'He's such a fighter': Family shares newborn's battle with parechovirus to raise awareness

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'He's such a fighter': Family shares newborn's battle with parechovirus to raise awareness
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Last month, the CDC issued an alert about parechovirus spreading in multiple states. It can cause 'severe illness' in infants.

In early July, Kelly and Rob Martin noticed their 13-day-old son, Jaxon, slept through two feedings. Even in his first weeks of life, he faithfully ate every three hours. But he was becoming “inconsolable.”

“We knew something was off. He was wheezing. He seemed like he was in pain, and it was troublesome. It wasn’t normal,” Rob Martin said. “As soon as that fever hit, we were like, ‘Let’s go.’” “Parechovirus is a type of ... respiratory virus,” Dr. Chantal Bruno, pediatric critical care physician at NYU Langone Hospital — Long Island, told TODAY. “There’s really no way for parents to specifically know what virus their child has.”Poor feeding

Bruno and Stambouly urged parents to call their pediatrician or go to the hospital when their child seems ill, especially if they're newborn. His blood pressure would dip erratically, and he looked bloated. For five days, he was intubated and sedated.

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