US mother meets baby delivered during COVID-19 coma
MADISON, Wisconsin: Nearly three months after Kelsey Townsend gave birth to her fourth child, the 32-year-old Wisconsin woman was finally face to ...
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MADISON, Wisconsin: Nearly three months after Kelsey Townsend gave birth to her fourth child, the 32-year-old Wisconsin woman was finally face to ...
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.
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 ...
Mom with COVID-19 gives birth in a coma; finally holds her baby 3 months later The mother contracted COVID-19 when she was already nine months pregnant and was then placed in a medically-induced coma. February 3, 2021 11:38 GMT A strong mother who beat the odds and overcame a severe bout of COVID-19 was able to give birth to her baby while she was in a comatose state. Fortunately, she was able to hold her baby three months after giving birth. A news release from UW Health revealed the extraordinary case of Kelsey Townsend, a mom from Wisconsin who was diagnosed with COVID-19 when she was alre...
Feb 3, 2021 Nearly three months after giving birth while in a COVID-related coma, a Wisconsin woman has finally held her new daughter for the very first time. Poynette resident Kelsey Towshend made news in October when she was diagnosed with COVID-19 while she was nine months pregnant. Her condition worsened until doctors were forced to put her in a medically-induced coma shortly before the November 4th birth of her baby, according to Kelsey's husband, Derek Townshend. Although the child was born healthy, her mom's condition continued to deteriorate to the point where Townshend had to spend...