MADISON, Delete. – Nearly 3 months after giving birth while in a coma fighting COVID-19, a UW Health patient was finally reunited with her family, including her newborn daughter she’d never met, Lucy.
Kelsey Townsend was released from University Hospital on Thursday after a months-long battle with COVID-19, a UW Health spokesperson said.
Townsend was nine months pregnant in October 2020 when she was diagnosed with COVID-19. She gave birth to Lucy on November 4, 2020 while in a medically induced coma.
After she gave birth to Lucy, Townsend’s health deteriorated and she entered life support systems.
In December 2020, UW Health doctors said Townsend would likely need a double lung transplant. Her husband told her the news on Christmas Eve.
A UW Health spokesperson said just days after she was placed on the transplant waiting list, Townsend’s condition began to improve. She was eventually taken off a ventilator in mid-January.
After being released from hospital last week, Townsend was reunited with her husband and four children, including Lucy.
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