YUCAIPA, Calif. (AP) The husband of a Southern California nurse who died of complications from COVID-19 more than two weeks ago has died after battling the disease himself, leaving behind five young children including a newborn girl.<\/p>\n
Daniel Macias of Yucaipa died on Thursday, a family member told KTLA-TV. <\/p>\n
I dont know anyone who loved their kids as much as they did, and they made sure they told them every day, Terri Serey, Daniels sister-in-law, told the station. I want them to be aware of how much theyre loved. And I want them to know how much their parents loved them.<\/p>\n
Daniel and his wife, Davy, were admitted to a hospital intensive care unit days apart last month after being diagnosed with COVID-19. A doctor delivered the couples daughter eight days before Davy Macias died.<\/p>\n
The parents never got the chance to meet or name their daughter, according to family members.<\/p>\n
Its absolutely heartbreaking. We were really pulling for Daniel after Davy died. We wanted him to wake up and name his baby girl, Terri Serey told KTLA.<\/p>\n
The couple developed symptoms after going on a family trip to the beach and an indoor water park at the end of July, family members said. <\/p>\n
Macias brother, Vong Serey, told the San Bernardino Sun last month that his sister was not vaccinated against COVID-19, and was hesitant to get the shot because she was pregnant. She was a nurse in the labor and delivery ward at Kaiser Fontana Medical Center and had worked throughout the pandemic, he said.<\/p>\n
Serey did not know whether his brother-in-law had been vaccinated. <\/p>\n
Daniel Macias was a middle school math teacher in the Rialto Unified School District, district spokeswoman Syeda Jafri said.<\/p>\n
He is remembered as a compassionate, kind-hearted, fun-loving and generous teacher at Jehue Middle School but he was also a devoted family man, the district said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The couples children, who are 7 and under, are under the care of their grandparents, according to family members.<\/p>\n
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