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Angela Primachenko was caught by the coronavirus on her 33rd week of pregnancy. She became infected in March and, according to her twin sister and herself on her Instagram account, she was hospitalized and connected to a respirator to save her and the baby she was expecting .

But Angela's situation was complicated. The Covid-19 attacked her with strength and respiratory system was deteriorating until doctors of the hospital Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Washington , they made a desperate decision in an attempt to save the baby and mother. They induced her into a coma and prepared for delivery.

The doctors' decision worked the miracle. Angela survived and her daughter, Ava, was born healthy and without a trace of the coronavirus. However, like most mothers who have given birth during the coronavirus crisis , doctors did not allow Angela to see her daughter until the test results for the coronavirus came back negative.

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"My little Ava is still in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and I have not yet been able to see her in person," Angela wrote on her Instagram account days after giving birth. Days after this message, Angela was discharged: "7 days in the hospital. 10 days intubated. Thousands of prayers later I am home and I feel so good!"

"I feel like I'm a walking miracle," he said at home. "No one expected me to get that sick," he said. "Waking up and seeing that you no longer have a belly was incredible," he told several US media.

Ava continues in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit , but her mother has already been able to be with her, has been able to hug her, has already been able to meet her brothers. Ava has already received the hug that she could not receive as soon as she was born because of the coronavirus. "Crying right now! I'm free of Covid-19! And holding my baby in my hands!", She related on social networks the day she finally was able to hug her daughter.

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"There is hope," Angela said in an interview with the Today newspaper . "Even on the most difficult days and the most difficult times there is hope and you can trust God, people and the community. It was incredible the number of people who prayed for me. I am very grateful."

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