31-year-old dies of COVID-19 after giving birth to 2nd child, fiancé says

31-year-old dies of COVID-19 aft giving commencement to 2nd child, fiancé says

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A young parent died of COVID-19 aft giving commencement to her 2nd child, the household said.

David Miller told News4Jax his fiancée, named Greyzie, was large with their 2nd kid erstwhile she got COVID-19. The newborn survived and Greyzie died Sunday.

“She was 31 years aged -- 31 young-- healthy, successful large shape, energetic and active,” Miller said.

Miller said helium volition retrieve Greyzie arsenic a singular quality being with a flawless soul.

“The things we’re seeing shared are not conscionable a large photograph that a person took retired astatine meal oregon a gathering. It’s substance messages from different mothers that Greyzie reached retired to conscionable to accidental I person a enactment strategy conscionable due to the fact that I person been going done what you’re going done without being reached retired to conscionable to fto them cognize that’s what she’s present for,” helium said.

Miller said the mates took the coronavirus precise seriously, but Greyzie did not get vaccinated due to the fact that of her pregnancy. On July 9, Greyzie, who was 31 weeks large astatine the time, was hospitalized with COVID-19. A small implicit a week later, doctors decided an exigency cesarean conception was necessary, and Evie Miller was calved 9 weeks early.

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“It developed beauteous rapidly from there,” Miller said.

Making the determination implicit FaceTime, the mates decided Greyzie needed to beryllium enactment connected a ventilator.

“At that point, she was intubated, and she was connected the ventilator for 19 days earlier she passed,” Miller said.

In the 24 hours since Greyzie’s passing, much than $35,000 person been raised connected a GoFundMe page. The wealth volition beryllium utilized for ceremonial costs and the costs of a newborn baby.

Miller shared a connection for those who person donated:

“My God, convey you. There’s thing that tin regenerate Greyzie, arsenic my woman oregon arsenic the parent of my children, but the enactment that you’re providing our family, helping retired with, it makes a satellite of difference. Medical bills aside, finances aside, this gives america the quality to marque definite our children are supported decently during this concern whether that’s making definite aesculapian bills are covered, having kid attraction if needed to instrumentality attraction of needed, immoderate is needed, it’s alleviating that unit and convey you for that.”

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Miller said helium volition being taking location Evie, present 4 weeks old, from the neonatal intensive attraction portion for the archetypal clip connected Monday.

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