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MADISON, Wisconsin – Almost 3 months after giving birth in a coma and battling COVID-19, a UW Health patient has finally reunited with her family, including her newborn daughter whom she had never met, Lucy.
Kelsey Townsend was released from teaching hospital Thursday after a months-long battle with COVID-19, according to a spokesperson for UW Health.
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 giving birth to Lucy, Townsend’s health deteriorated and she was put on a life support system.
In December 2020, doctors at UW Health said Townsend would likely need a double lung transplant. Her husband broke the news to her on Christmas Eve.
A spokesperson for UW Health said that within days of being put on the transplant waiting list, Townsend’s condition began to improve. She was finally 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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