A California mother died of complications from Covid-19 before she was able to contain her newborn daughter after separating just after delivery to protect the baby.
Vanessa Cardenas González, 33, of Whittier, California, tested positive for the virus while pregnant with her daughter.
Gonzalez, who had previously given birth to two children, contracted the virus in the later stages of her pregnancy in November.
Vanessa Cardenas González, 33 (pictured) from Whittier, California, tested positive for the virus while pregnant with her daughter
Gonzalez gave birth to Heaven, pictured, on November 9 and the couple was immediately forced to separate to prevent the virus from spreading.
She gave birth to Heaven on November 9 and the couple separated immediately as a precaution to prevent the baby from contracting coronavirus,
The mother and daughter were released from the hospital after they were both considered good enough to return home.
Gonzalez was instructed to isolate herself at home with her husband, Alfonso, 13, fearing the virus could be transmitted to the newborn.
“That can’t happen,” he told his wife at the time, according to Fox Television Stations.
“I’m sorry, but you know you have to separate the baby right now.
“We have to take precautions.”
Husband Alfonso, shown in the photo above, said his wife had felt shattered because she was not allowed to hold the new baby and that she had to settle for seeing her on FaceTime.
He added that his wife had broken and shattered because he could not hold the baby and that he had to settle for seeing her on FaceTime.
Gonzalez’s condition worsened 48 hours after delivery, when she suffered a heart attack and was readmitted to hospital on November 11.
The mother of three spent a month fighting for her life in the hospital before dying on December 14th.
Devastated Alfonso said he plans to leave his wife’s personal belongings to give to his daughter when she grows up. I’ll tell you that this was my rib. That was my other half, ‘he said.
Speaking to USA Today, Alfonso said his daughter’s name was prophetic of what happened to her mother.
Gonzalez was never able to detain his daughter, Heaven, after suffering medical complications less than 48 hours after she was released from 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, surpassing its goal of $ 10,000.
The page reads: “To all our friends, family and relatives in the church, it is with a broken heart that we announce the passing of a wife, a loving mother, a daughter and a friend Vanessa Cardenas González.
Vanessa’s husband, Alfonso, and their children sent best wishes to Gonzalez while fighting Covid-19 in the hospital.
Vanessa tested positive for COVID-19 a few days before giving birth to a beautiful Heaven girl Leigh Gonzales.
“He couldn’t keep her up or have any contact with his first girl (whom I was very excited to meet).
“She was sent home and instructed to quarantine the baby and his family just to see his baby on FaceTime.
‘The next morning, Vanessa was rushed to hospital where she suffered a heart attack causing a brain injury. He spent the last few days on a UCLA fan.