As for why she decided to open up about her story, Grantham stresses that she wants to make it clear that COVID-19 is a “public health issue, no matter what your political views are.”
“To assume that this is just a political issue, not real, made up, a hoax, is false,” she tells PEOPLE. “It is impacting children and I am living proof of watching it spread through my home.”
Grantham also hopes that her story will help spread the message that children “are not immune” to COVID-19, and that everybody’s experience with the virus is different. “Everyone in our household had different symptoms,” she says. “So if you go through the list, nothing is necessarily the same, even though they're all connected.”
Another piece of advice for moms? Don’t write off your own symptoms.
“Pay attention to your own body,” she says. “Because a household generally doesn't run if mom's not able to help.”
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