Mother Of Three Comes Out Of Coma To Learn Fianc Died Of A Heart Attack

Christina Miller, 25, was admitted to the University of Maryland ICU on January 12th, according to a GoFundMe page set up to help the young mother. She was pregnant at the time with two other kids at home. NBC affiliate WBAL-TV reported that she was close to death and was taken to the shock trauma center at the hospital with double lung pneumonia and COVID-19.

Doctors opted for an emergency C-section while Miller was in a coma. The procedure was successful, and her newborn boy, Cain, was reportedly born with vision problems and low oxygen. The baby remains in the ICU until he can be bottle-fed, WBAL-TV said, but a recent update on the GoFundMe page indicated he is “doing well.”

In order not to put further strain on Miller, her family decided not to tell her that her fiancé of more than two years, Steven Joseph, died of a heart attack while she was in her coma until Cain’s condition seemed stable.

“She handled it much better than expected, and she wrote on the dry-erase board because she wasn’t able to talk at that time—‘Everything happens for a reason,’” Miller’s mother, Stephanie Miller, told WBAL-TV.

“They gave us less than 50 percent chance of her [Christina Miller] pulling through this. The ECMO machine is very dangerous. [Note: ECMO stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and such devices are used to provide cardiac and respiratory support.] Although it saves lives, if one of the tubes would move, she would be dead instantly,” Stephanie Miller told WBAL-TV. “So, we had all this stuff running through our minds but also trying to keep the faith.”

WBAL-TV reported that Christina Miller has since left the hospital after 64 days.

“The emotional toll on Christina’s mother and father is obvious. Everyone is praying for their spiritual needs,” a message on the GoFundMe page set up for Miller stated. “But the realities of life are that they do not currently have the income needed for the caregiving that circumstances beyond their control are requiring of them.”

The fundraising page is hoping to receive $7,500 for Miller and her family.

Newsweek attempted to contact Miller for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.