Associated Press
Nearly three months after Kelsey Townsend gave birth to her fourth child, the 32-year-old Wisconsin woman was finally face to face with her.
Lucy, now bright-eyed and alert, flashed her a smile.
“Hi. I love you. I love you so much. Yeah, I’ve missed you,” Kelsey Townsend told her.
Townsend was in a medically-induced coma with COVID-19 when she gave birth to Lucy via cesarean section on Nov. 4, not long after getting to SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. She ended up spending 75 days on life and lung support. She finally met Lucy on Jan. 27 the day Kelsey was discharged from University Hospital in Madison.
The virus was so vicious, doctors had to put Kelsey Townsend in a medically-induced coma.
That was in October when Townsend was nine-months pregnant.
She gave birth while in that coma.
After months on life support at University Hospital in Madison, Townsend was well enough to go home last week to her husband and four kids, including the baby girl she had never met. I love you. I love you so much. Yeah, I missed you. I know, I know, her husband Derek Townsend said. There were many times we didn t think she was going to make it through the night.
Wisconsin ‘miracle mom’ is united with baby she gave birth to while in COVID-19 coma: video
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
After three months in the hospital, following her COVID-19 diagnosis in October, a Wisconsin woman left the hospital last week to be united with the baby she bore, but had never met.
According to a Monday statement from University of Wisconsin Health, Kelsey Townsend gave birth at University Hospital in Madison,on Nov. 4, while in a medically induced coma.
On Thursday, Townsend was discharged and reunited with her husband and four children - the first time she’d met and been able to hold her newborn baby, Lucy, the statement said.
Second child dies after Grant Co. house fire; one child still in critical condition
January 25, 2021 11:22 AM Jaymes Langrehr
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Grant County
BLUE RIVER, Wis. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says two children have now died from injuries suffered during an overnight house fire over the weekend.
33-year-old Andrew Brown and 12-year-old Frederick Hurley died in the fire, according to authorities. Grant County Sheriff Nate Dreckman also confirmed to News 3 Now that 14-year-old Barbara Hurley, who was in a Milwaukee hospital, died Monday morning.
Another child, 15-year-old Francis Hurley, is still in critical condition at University Hospital in Madison.
Two other adults, 37-year-old Jenny Joe Moe and 38-year-old Gilbert Moe, were treated and released from the hospital.
By Jaymes Langrehr
Jan 25, 2021 5:22 PM
BLUE RIVER, Wis. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the names of two people killed in an overnight house fire over the weekend, including a 12-year-old boy.
33-year-old Andrew Brown and 12-year-old Frederick Hurley died in the fire, according to authorities. Two other children are still in critical condition: 14-year-old Barbara Hurley, who is in a Milwaukee hospital, and 15-year-old Francis Hurley, who is at University Hospital in Madison.
Two other adults, 37-year-old Jenny Joe Moe and 38-year-old Gilbert Moe, were treated and released from the hospital.
Authorities are still investigating the fire, which started at about 3:40 a.m. Saturday at 105 Jay Street in the Village of Blue River.