Kentucky doctor who urged mask-wearing early on dies of Covid-19

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From the start, Dr. Rebecca Shadowen advocated for social distancing and mask-wearing. But after complications from the coronavirus, Shadowen died on Sept. 11. 'A lot of kids think of their parents as heroes. Mine actually was,” her daughter said.

In May, while offering her expertise as a member of the Bowling Green-Warren County Coronavirus Workgroup, Shadowen fell ill. At first, she complained of feeling tired, but on the night she was taken to the hospital, she woke up saying she was short of breath, her husband, David, said.

She toggled between local hospitals for the next four months, at times being placed on a ventilator and in the intensive care unit. During weeks she regained her strength, she was lucid enough to continue working from her hospital bed and share what she knew about the virus that was ravaging her body in unexpected ways.

"There were multiple times she thought she was turning the corner and we thought she was on the road to recovery," David Shadowen, who is also a doctor, said. But after dealing with complications from the virus, including abdominal bleeding and weakened lungs, Shadowenfor full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak

David and Rebecca Shadowen were college sweethearts at Western Kentucky University, and together they enrolled at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Shadowen went on to specialize in infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and Lyme disease, and, this year, Covid-19.Sign Up

 

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What were her pre existing conditions? You can tell by the unhealthy weight. Only 6% of those who died died of only CoVID 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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RIP Dr. Rebecca Shadowen 🕯️🙏😇You lost your own life as you kept caring for others. Bless your Soul & may your daughter & family & friends be comforted in their time of the greatest loss, though losing you is also a loss to the world.

Wonderful tribute. Our daughter and her twins were classmates/friends. We school moms had so many great times together. Memory eternal.

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I'll take 'things that never happened' for 500 alex.

I wonder how she got the disease?

So sorry

I think distancing is more important which unfortunately this doctor could not do because of her profession.

How did she catch it? Curious RIP

She looks healthy for sure 🙄

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