Wisconsin Woman Gave Birth While In A Coma With COVID-19
Kelsey Townsend of Poynette Wisconsin which is outside of Madison was 9 months pregnant in October when she came down with COVID-19 according to UW Health. Townsend who already has 3 other young children became very ill and was placed in a medically induced coma.
Townsends condition quickly continued to deteriorate and gave birth to her baby on November 4 while in a coma. She ended up spending 75 days on life support on an ECMO machine and ventilator.
In December Doctors told her husband Derek Townsend that she would need a double lung transplant in order to survive. Derek said: