« I was intubated and put under. That’s when I thought I was going to die, » Katie Pederson said.
A pregnant California woman who nearly died from COVID-19 has said that she will now get vaccinated following her experience. Katie Pederson from Seal Beach was 24 weeks into her pregnancy when she tested positive for the disease, ABC7 reported. At that point, the woman had not been vaccinated. Pederson told ABC7 that when she found out she was carrying a child, very few pregnant women that she knew of were getting COVID-19 vaccines. « I was going to wait until my third trimester until it was more readily available and there was more information. I felt safe in my decision, until I wasn’t, » Pederson said. After testing positive, the woman’s condition became progressively worse and she took herself to an emergency room in Orange County. « They admitted me and that’s the last time I saw my husband for about three and half weeks, » Pederson said. Subsequently, she was transferred to the ICU and doctors had to intubate her in order to keep her alive. « I was intubated and put under. That’s when I thought I was going to die, » Pederson said.
