- Actor Soleil Moon Frye shares her story of how 3 of her 4 children developed COVID-19 despite her best efforts to keep them safe.
- She hopes her story will inspire other parents to consider getting their children vaccinated against COVID-19.
- She’s also joined the awareness campaign “Ask2BSure,” which aims to empower parents to ask their family doctors about vaccinations for meningitis B, a rare form of bacterial meningitis.
Earlier this summer, actor and director Soleil Moon Frye received news no parent wants to hear right now – three of her four children tested positive for COVID-19.
She said it was a confusing, disorienting, frightening revelation considering that she and her family had been doing their best to adhere to recommended preventive health measures throughout the pandemic.
She decided to take to Instagram, opening up about her family’s experience with the coronavirus, urging parents and families to do everything they can to keep themselves and those around them safe during this global health crisis.
“I have felt so many emotions these past days. I want to protect my babies, love them, make them all better, take away the burning fever and tummy aches. I have tried to smile through the fear and nurture them. I have shed many tears. It has brought up a lot for me,” Frye, the star of the iconic 1980s family sitcom “Punky Brewster” and its recent streaming revival, wrote in her Instagram post.
“More than anything it has brought up how thankful I am for our health and well being. I know how incredibly fortunate we are. My kids have been able to heal together and support each other through this, we have a doctor we trust and hospitals close by.”
Frye considers herself an informed parent and aware of the risks we’re all are facing right now. But she said that in these disorienting times, it’s not hard to be blindsided by COVID-19.
“I felt like I had quite a bit of information, and yet three out of four of my kids got COVID, and we weren’t able to trace it. So I think that goes to show so often we don’t think something can happen to us until it affects our lives,” Frye told Healthline. “I think it’s important we have these conversations, we have these dialogues and ask those questions.”
Source: healthline