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  • the family of a newborn baby is asking for prayers.

  • The baby seemed lethargic, so the mom took the baby to the doctor, where the child later tested positive for covert 19.

  • Now, what should have been a joyful time in this family's life is a terrifying nightmare.

  • This newborn tested positive for covert 19 at just 12 days.

  • Old baby Eli was acting lethargic when his parents, Don and Shawn Clancy, took him to the doctor.

  • How is Eli acting?

  • When you knew something was wrong?

  • I went to just, like go rub his stomach a little bit and be like, Hey, Eli, And he just wasn't opening his eyes.

  • Eli wasn't the only one in the family to test positive Dad.

  • Shawn did to Mom.

  • Dawn tested negative.

  • How shocked were you?

  • First to find out that your husband tested positive and then you find out your newborn I can't even put into words how my emotions felt.

  • Um, it was pretty hard.

  • It was like my biggest fear leading up to you've been having a baby at this time.

  • When this virus is going around, you know, you try to do everything you can to keep your house safe.

  • It was emotionally.

  • Ah, draining now is baby Eli and his dad recovered from the virus.

  • This normally happy bonding time as a family has been turned upside down.

  • The new parents find themselves quarantined in separate rooms at their home in Cleveland.

  • Tell us about how you're making this work.

  • We are able to split some of the duties and things now, since ah, Eli doesn't have to be completely isolated from me.

  • Don, is Eli lucky?

  • Oh, absolutely.

  • And he's still such a happy baby.

  • The odds are in his favor.

  • We wish Baby Eli and his family the best, all right?

the family of a newborn baby is asking for prayers.

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