A mother with COVID-19 who delivered her baby by emergency C-section while on a ventilator last month can breathe on her own again and has met her newborn son.
Gillian McIntosh met son Travis for the first time this weekend while continuing to stay at Abbotsford Regional Hospital, according to an update on the family’s GoFundMe.
Although McIntosh remains in the ICU, she was gradually eased out of sedation last week, family friend Corina Rochon wrote. The mother no longer tests positive for the virus.
“The cruel and unforgiving nature of COVID-19 has put our family through so much this past month,” reads a statement from Gillian and husband Dave McIntosh.
Image Credit: GOFUNDME / Corina Rochon December 16, 2020 - 5:08 PM It s been a harrowing month for an Abbotsford family after Gillian McIntosh, who had COVID-19, was put into a medically induced coma after giving birth to her son. McIntosh was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Nov. 6 and was admitted to Abbotsford Regional Hospital a few days later. She was two days shy of 36-weeks pregnant and the doctors knew they had to get the baby out before it was too late family friend Corina Rochon wrote in a GoFundMe post that was started last month and has raised nearly $100,000. “Their beautiful baby boy was born by emergency C-section Nov. 10, but Gillian was put in a medically induced coma and remained in intensive care, fighting for her life and unable to meet her newborn son, according to the GoFundMe.