Ohio nurse, 27, still doesn’t know she’s a mother after bring to life her boy last week while in a clinically caused coma as she battles coronavirus
- Megan Jeffries, a 27- year-old Celina-based nurse, gave birth to the newborn after medical professionals performed the emergency c-section on her
- The mom gave birth on April 9
- She was 7 months pregnant when she initially evaluated for the infection after gradually developing the normal symptoms connected with COVID-19
- The mother was sedated and placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine (ECMO)
- ECMO machine oxygenates the blood by pumping it out of the body, through a synthetic lung, and then back in
- Megan is now on a ventilator
- Her infant boy has actually been tested for the infection twice and tested unfavorable
- Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID
By Matthew Wright For Dailymail.com
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