A woman who thought her brain fog was a symptom of long Covid was diagnosed with dementia aged just 19. Gianna Cabo, now 20, has been left "apathetic" and unable to recall her most treasured childhood memories, her mum says.
Rebecca Robertson, 50, first noticed something was wrong in September 2020 when her daughter went from being a straight-A student to floundering at the bottom of her class. She presumed Gianna was still suffering from the effects of Covid, having fallen severely ill with the virus in June 2020.
The mother and daughter were also involved in a car crash a year earlier, which left Rebecca with severe concussion and compressed discs in her neck. Gianna then deteriorated over the next few years and can no longer even perform basic household tasks like operating a tin opener.
