Woman more than 20 days in ICU with Corona
Lennox was 30 weeks pregnant when she was admitted to the hospital early in July. Lennox initially did not show severe symptoms of Covid-19, but her health quickly deteriorated and she lost her unborn baby within days.
After more than 20 days in an intensive care unit, the woman who lost her baby after being diagnosed with Covid-19 said God’s grace carried her through the difficult time.
In a WhatsApp voice note message, Marezanne Lennox thanked her family and relatives.
“To each of you who prayed for us and supported us, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. You will never know what it meant to us.
“I hope each of you is doing well. I’m still in ICU at the moment, but it’s going well and everything is looking good. I am now on 30% oxygen. I’m off all the ventilators. Looks like I’ll be moving to a general ward this week. So far everything looks good and only by God’s grace,” she said.
Lennox was 30 weeks pregnant when she was admitted to the hospital early in July. Lennox initially did not show severe symptoms of Covid-19, but her health quickly deteriorated and she lost her unborn baby within days.
Lennox’s father Skip Scheepers said on Tuesday morning, that only when his daughter was discharged from hospital would they hold a funeral for the lost baby boy. The family has decided to keep the baby’s name private.
“She [Marezanne] is doing very well, under the circumstances. The trachea tube in her throat has also now been removed. The hole in the throat apparently heals quickly.”
Lennox has to learn to walk and breathe again after she spent almost three weeks in an intensive care unit.
“She can walk between 10 and 20m. She also sat in the sun for the first time yesterday.”
Scheepers said he was grateful his daughter survived the virus and again urged the community to be careful as Lennox’s symptoms started as a “blocked nose”.
“My daughter is heartbroken,” Scheepers told Rekord in a previous interview.
“Her baby died eight days ago, but doctors advised us not to tell her, because it could affect her recovery.”
Lennox was only informed about her baby’s death on the day she underwent surgery to remove her deceased baby.
Scheepers says Lennox’s husband met with undertakers on Tuesday, to plan the baby’s funeral.
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