DETROIT (FOX 2) - Jackie Dennis tested positive for COVID-19 in November, while she was pregnant.The 31-year-old was admitted to Henry Ford Hospital and was induced a week later.
After giving birth to her daughter, Mia Rose, Dennis' condition worsened and she was put on a ventilator. Then she needed to be sedated.Jackie Dennis and her family. "We waited to see if her lungs would improve on their own but it became very apparent that no recovery was possible," said Dr.
Lisa Allenspach, the medical director of the lung transplant program at Henry Ford. "Her lungs were completely destroyed by this inflammatory response to the virus."Dennis was placed on the transplant list and a donor was found 10 days later.