An Indiana mom’s severe battle with COVID-19 prevented her from meeting her newborn — but thanks to her improving condition, she finally had the chance to hold him.
It was an emotional day on Oct. 19, when Autumn Carver, 34, reunited with her son Huxley nearly two months after his birth, according to a Facebook post from her husband Zach Carver.
“What a day. A surprise conversation with a doctor this morning brought us out of isolation and a plan for Autumn to meet Huxley,” Zach wrote. “At 3 pm today, she met our son and it was an amazing moment, needless to say.”
Huxley made his arrival via emergency C-section on Aug. 27, the same day Autumn’s COVID-19 condition worsened and she was moved from a ventilator to an ECMO life support machine, NBC affiliate WTHR previously reported.
Though Autumn remains hospitalized, there have been slight improvements in her condition over the last two months that made seeing her boy possible, Zach said in his post.
“Her parents, one of her best friends, and many nurses and doctors witnessed the special moment. I don’t know if there was a dry eye in the area,” he wrote of his wife meeting Huxley. “What an amazing day. We have a long way to go, but a good day through this was much needed.”
