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Coronavirus: Pregnant Pretoria woman fighting for life

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It is always a “story” until it happens to someone close to you - then you know it's real. This was the stern warning from Skip Scheepers, whose 30-week pregnant daughter is in ICU after testing positive for Covid-19. pretorianews

Pretoria - IT is always a “story” until it happens to someone close to you - then you know it's real.

He said the last thing he thought could happen to his daughter was contracting coronavirus. “I guess it’s because she grew up strong and was not sickly as a child. I know it’s really nothing to go by, but I just never thought it would happen to her, or anyone close to us.” A week before Lennox was admitted to Life Wilgers Hospital on Tuesday last week, she had gone to her doctor in Midrand, where she lives with her husband, Thomas Lennox. She complained of a blocked nose and sore throat. She was placed on a light antibiotic.

As days went by, Lennox got weaker and weaker. “I told my wife that she wasn’t looking well and she took her to hospital, where Marzanne was said to have the virus, and placed on a ventilator,” he said.

 

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