A pregnant woman lost her battle with COVID-19. An ICU nurse made sure her newborn got hundreds of gifts.

Every day, ICU nurse Ashlee Schwartz arrives at work at Mercy Hospital in Arkansas and immediately checks their COVID-19 stats. She said the cases had surged in the summer – and most of the patients were unvaccinated. One August day, a patient stood out to Schwartz – Emily Robison, who was just 22 years old.

"I literally got up from my chair and walked over to her room," Schwartz told CBS News. "And I had just talked to her nurse and was like, 'What is her story?' And I learned she was 28 weeks pregnant."

The CDC says battling COVID-19 while pregnant can lead to severe complications. They urge all people over the age of 12 to get vaccinated – including pregnant women.