A pregnant Idaho woman failed to keep to her baby after she had undergone premature labor while in a medically induced coma due to being treated for COVID-19.
Kimberly Rangel, a mother of two from Meridien, Idaho, contracted the virus last month, and her health soon deteriorated, according to KTVB. She was admitted to the hospital and placed in a medically induced coma for many weeks as physicians attempted to stabilize her vitals. Rangel, on the other hand, went into premature labor, and when she awoke, she was told that her baby did not survive.
Kimberly Rangel And Her Two Other Kids (Photo: KTVB)
Rangel Was Unvaccinated
Kimberly Rangel was not vaccinated; therefore, her family wanted to share their experience in order to encourage other pregnant women to get their vaccinations. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pregnant women who are not vaccinated are at risk of severe illness and pregnancy difficulties if they become infected while pregnant.
Rangel called her sister, Anne, at the beginning of September, after weeks of enduring, and invited her to come to visit, according to KTVB. At St Luke’s Boise Medical Center, Rangel was affixed to a ventilator while physicians sought to stabilize her health. However, she went into premature labor on September 7 while in a medically induced coma.
Unfortunately, Rangel’s baby son, whom he had planned to name Anthony, died. She didn’t find out he died until she was taken out of the coma. Rangel has been urged by Doctors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, assuring her that it was both safe and effective, according to Anne. Rangel, on the other hand, was concerned about harming her unborn child.
Pregnant Women with COVID-19 are at Risk of Severe Complications
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just 31% of pregnant women have gotten at least one COVID-19 vaccination dosage as of September 18, the most recent date for which data is available (CDC). This is despite the fact that multiple studies have found that pregnant women had a higher risk of developing COVID-19 than the general population. And, once they’ve all been infected with the virus, they’re more likely to get sick or die from it.
Pregnant women infected with COVID-19 were 3.5 times more likely to be hospitalized with severe conditions and nearly 14 times more likely to die than younger Americans, according to a study from the University of Washington in Seattle. COVID-19-positive expectant mothers are also more prone to develop complications during their pregnancies.
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