family, one child at a time. gary tuchman has more. reporter: a children s hospital in missouri and sitting on the couch is angel baker, a mother who has gone through a horrifying week. her 14-year-old daughter mar yawna tested positive for covid, got very sick and was put on oxygen for five days. angel says her daughter has received excellent treatment here at the cardinal glen children s hospital in st. louis. might make you cough but that s what we want. that was a good one. i warned you. good job. reporter: mariana and her mother live about 150 miles away in southern missouri. she started feeling ill at home. it quickly got worse. i was pancaking. monday, august 2nd i decided to take her to urgent care because she told me she couldn t breathe. reporter: the decision was made for mariana to be transported by ambulance to this children s hospital.
reporter: mariana and her mother live in southern missouri and she started feeling ill the at home and it quickly got worse. monday august 2, i decided to take her to urgent care because she told me she couldn t breathe. reporter: the decision was made for mariana to be transported by ambulance to this children s hospital. it was like a nightmare. very scary. when you saw her struggling to breathe with the oxygen, what was going through your mind? just praying, asking god to bring her back, keep her safe. were you afraid she wasn t going to make it? yes, sir. reporter: the mother received the covid vaccine but her daughter did not. why didn t she get vaccinated? i don t know. i left it up to her. and she decided she don t want to get vaccinated. i don t mean to make you feel
thousand. a 000. a now. gary tuchman has a story about one family that decided not to get vaccinated and had a change of heart. knock, knock. reporter: a children s hospital in missouri, and sitting on the couch is angel baker, a mother who has gone through a horrifying week. her 14-year-old daughter tested positive for covid, got very sick, and was put on oxygen for five days. angel says her daughter has received excellent treatment here at the cardinal glennon children s hospital in st. louis. might make you cough, but that is what we want. good job. reporter: mariana and her mother live in southern missouri and they started feeling ill the at home and it quickly got worse. monday august 2, i decided to take her to urgent care because she told me she couldn t breathe.
reporter: a children s hospital in missouri. and sitting on couch is angel baker, a mother who has gone through a horrifying week. her 14-year-old daughter marianna tested positive. she has received excellent treat at the cardinal glenn children s hospital in st. louis. it might make you cough but that is what we want. that is a good one. i warned you. good job. reporter: she and her mother live about 150 miles away in southern missouri. she started filing ill at home. it quickly got worse. i was scared. i was panicking. monday august 2nd i decided to take her to urgent care because she couldn t breathe. reporter: the decision was made to be transported by ambulance to this children s hospital. it was like a nightmare. when you saw her struggling to breathe with the oxygen, what was going through your mind.
knock, knock. reporter: a children s hospital in missouri, and sitting on the couch is angel baker, a mother who has gone through a horrifying week. her 14-year-old daughter, mariana, tested positive for covid, got very sick, and was put on oxygen for five days. angel says her daughter has received excellent treatment here at the cardinal glen and children s hospital in st. louis. might make you cough but that s what we want. that was a good one. ope. i warned ya. good job. reporter: mariana and her mother live about-150 miles away in southern missouri. she started feeling ill, at home. it, quickly, got worse. i was scared. i was panicking. monday, the 2nd, august the 2nd, i decided to take her to urgent care because she told me she couldn t breathe. reporter: the decision was made for mariana to be transported by ambulance to this renowned-children s hospital. for mariana, it was like a nightmare. very scary. reporter: when you saw her struggling to breathe with the