A California mother died of complications from Covid-19 before she could hold her newborn daughter, after they were separated shortly after birth to protect the baby.
Vanessa Cardenas Gonzalez, 33, from Whittier, California, tested positive for the virus during her daughter’s pregnancy.
Gonzalez, who had already given birth to two children, contracted the virus in the final stages of his pregnancy in November.
Vanessa Cardenas Gonzalez, 33, (photo) from Whittier, California, tested positive for the virus during her daughter’s pregnancy
Gonzalez gave birth to Heaven, in the photo above, on November 9 and the duo was immediately forced to part ways to prevent transmission of the virus
She gave birth to Heaven on November 9 and the two were immediately separated as a precaution to prevent the baby from contracting the coronavirus,
The mother and daughter were discharged from the hospital after they were both considered well enough to go home.
Gonzalez received instructions to isolate herself at home, with her 13-year-old husband Alfonso fearing that the virus could be transmitted to the newborn.
“It can’t happen,” he told his wife at the time, according to Fox Television Stations.
– I’m sorry, but you know the baby needs to be separated now.
‘We need to take precautions.’
Husband Alfonso, in the photo above, said his wife was devastated because she was not allowed to hold her newborn baby and had to be content to see her on FaceTime
He added that his wife was broken and shattered because she was unable to hold the baby and had to be content to see her on FaceTime.
Gonzalez’s condition worsened 48 hours after delivery, when she suffered a heart attack and was readmitted to the hospital on November 11.
The mother of three spent a month fighting for her life in the hospital before she died on December 14.
The devastated Alfonso said he plans to keep his wife’s personal belongings to hand over to his daughter when she gets older. – I’ll tell her it’s my rib. That was my other half, ‘he said.
Speaking to USA Today, Alfonso said his daughter’s name was prophetic about what happened to her mother.
Gonzalez was never able to hold his daughter, Heaven, after she suffered medical complications less than 48 hours after being discharged from the hospital
‘Mom was about to go to heaven,’ he said.
Family friend Desiree Vera created a GoFundMe page to help cover the cost of a funeral service.
The page has so far raised $ 42,558, exceeding its target of $ 10,000.
The page says: ‘For all our friends, family and church family, it is with a broken heart that we announce the death of a wife, loving mother, daughter and friend Vanessa Cardenas Gonzalez.
Vanessa’s husband, Alfonso, and the children sent Gonzalez wishes for happiness while she fought Covid-19 at the hospital
‘Vanessa tested positive for COVID-19 a few days before giving birth to a beautiful girl Heaven Leigh Gonzales.
‘She was unable to hold her or have any contact with her first daughter (which she was very excited to meet).
‘She was sent home and was instructed to quarantine the baby and her family just to see him on FaceTime.
‘The next morning, Vanessa was rushed to the hospital where she suffered a heart attack causing brain damage. She spent her last days on a respirator at UCLA.