Sask. pregnant woman dies from COVID-19 in Edmonton after emergency C-section
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Jennifer Rosebluff-Thomas is being remembered by her sister as a beautiful, vibrant woman who lived for her children until she died of COVID-19 in an Edmonton ICU in early September.
"Her kids — that was her world," said her big sister, Carol Charles. "That's what made her smile every day. That's who she got up for. That's who she lived for, was the kids."
Rosebluff-Thomas, 35, was from Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation, just northeast of Regina, and lived in Edmonton with her eight children, ages one, five, eight, 12, 16, 17, 19. She was 29 weeks pregnant with her ninth child when she contracted the delta variant of the coronavirus in late August.
She wasn't vaccinated.
Pregnant women who get COVID-19 are five times more likely to require hospitalization than the average person, and 10 times more likely to need intensive care, according to experts in maternal fetal health.
Public health authorities all over the world say COVID-19 vaccines reduce those risks.
Charles, who lives in Regina, shared a final video chat with her sister before she was put on life support inside Royal Alexandra Hospital.
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