Sister of pregnant Alberta woman who died of COVID-19 urges others to get vaccinated
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Jennifer Rosebluff-Thomas died of COVID-19 last month. She was about 29 weeks pregnant with her ninth child. She was also unvaccinated and contracted the more dangerous Delta variant.
This Thanksgiving will be a tough one for Carol Charles and her family.
The 50-year-old from Regina usually travels to her younger sister's house in Edmonton for the holiday.
But Jennifer Rosebluff-Thomas died of COVID-19 last month. She was about 29 weeks pregnant with her ninth child. She was also unvaccinated and contracted the more dangerous Delta variant.
“When they did the emergency C-section, they explained to me that it was to help my sister get more oxygen into her lungs, and they confirmed at that same time that she wasn't vaccinated and that it was preventable,” Charles said.
“That was the most hurtful part, when they told me it was preventable.”
Charles said she last spoke with Rosebluff-Thomas days before the C-section when her sister told her she was dying.
“I told her that I was going to be with the kids and not to worry,” Charles said, fighting back tears.
