She was having trouble getting a full breath. That was the first thing. The day before, Autumn Carver, seven months pregnant with her third child, had enjoyed a CrossFit class. Now a simple cough was compounded by the breathing issues, which rapidly worsened. It wasn’t long before her husband, Zach Carver, took Autumn to Community Hospital South in the couple’s hometown of Indianapolis and then began a series of heartbreaking Facebook updates.

As COVID-19 began to ravage Autumn’s system, the 34-year-old’s condition deteriorated with dizzying speed. The physicians started her on life-supporting oxygenation therapy, then placed her on a ventilator and admitted her to the intensive care unit (ICU). She was flown by helicopter to Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, where a crash C-section delivered Huxley Elias Carver safely, albeit two months premature.

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