AUSTIN (KXAN) An Austin mom held her new baby for the first time after recovering from a scary battle with COVID-19.<\/p>\n
The woman, identified only as Brenda by Ascension Seton Medical Center, was in the hospital for more than a month and was so ill that she was placed on a ventilator.<\/p>\n
However, this week she was finally discharged from the hospital and was able to finally meet her baby.<\/p>\n
Ascension Seton said Brenda was 35 weeks pregnant when she was admitted to the hospital with worsening symptoms of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
She had a C-section but was then placed on a ventilator in the ICU for 24 days as she fought for her life.<\/p>\n
Emotional footage shows staff at Ascension Seton cheering as Brenda was pushed out of the hospital in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n
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