How A Kawasaki-like Syndrome Left This 6-year-old Fighting For His Life On A Ventilator

"The doctors were shocked. They said they had never seen anything like this," says Valentina Vigilante, recalling the terrifying day her 6-year-old son Nicolò was rushed into intensive care in Bergamo, northern Italy as he struggled to breathe.

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