KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Laura Steeves had more than one reason to celebrate after being discharged from Saint Luke’s Hospital.
Not only had Steeves given birth to her son, Logan, at the Kansas City, Missouri medical facility, she also overcame a multi-week long battle with coronavirus.On June 8, staff gathered to cheer on Steeves and her son as they were wheeled out of the facility after a 52-day-long stay.
Video of the touching goodbye shows hospital staff sending the mom and son off in a farewell parade.At 32 weeks pregnant, Steeves was admitted to the hospital with coronavirus.
After doctors induced labor, Steeves spent 40 days in a “fight for her life” while Logan was treated in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU.“Definitely a cause.