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  • HOUR OF "TODAY" ON THIS MONDAY MORNING.

  • MORNING. I'M SHEINELLE JONES ALONG WITH

  • I'M SHEINELLE JONES ALONG WITH AL ROKER AND CRAIG MELVIN.

  • AL ROKER AND CRAIG MELVIN. THIS NEXT STORY IS TRULY

  • THIS NEXT STORY IS TRULY INCREDIBLE.

  • INCREDIBLE. ANGELA HAD TO BE PUT IN A

  • ANGELA HAD TO BE PUT IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA BECAUSE

  • MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA BECAUSE OF COVID-19.

  • OF COVID-19. OF COURSE, THAT'S SCARY ENOUGH.

  • OF COURSE, THAT'S SCARY ENOUGH. ANGELA WAS ALSO 36 WEEKS

  • ANGELA WAS ALSO 36 WEEKS PREGNANT AT THE TIME.

  • PREGNANT AT THE TIME. WHILE SHE WAS IN THE COMA,

  • WHILE SHE WAS IN THE COMA, DOCTORS DELIVERED HER BABY GIRL.

  • DOCTORS DELIVERED HER BABY GIRL. THAT WAS 13 DAYS AGO.

  • THAT WAS 13 DAYS AGO. WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT BABY AVA

  • WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT BABY AVA IS DOING WELL IN THE NICU AND

  • IS DOING WELL IN THE NICU AND ANGELA RELEASED FROM THE

  • ANGELA RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL LAST THURSDAY AND WITH

  • HOSPITAL LAST THURSDAY AND WITH US THIS MORNING LIVE FROM HER

  • US THIS MORNING LIVE FROM HER HOME IN WASHINGTON STATE.

  • HOME IN WASHINGTON STATE. ANGELA, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.

  • ANGELA, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

  • THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> GOOD MORNING.

  • >> GOOD MORNING. >> LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

  • >> LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. AT LEAST YOU WERE HOME IN TIME

  • AT LEAST YOU WERE HOME IN TIME FOR EASTER, I KNOW WAS

  • FOR EASTER, I KNOW WAS BITTERSWEET.

  • BITTERSWEET. WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT.

  • WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT. FIRST OF ALL, HOW ARE YOU

  • FIRST OF ALL, HOW ARE YOU FEELING PHYSICALLY?

  • FEELING PHYSICALLY? YOUR BODY HAS BEEN THROUGH SO

  • YOUR BODY HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH?

  • MUCH? >> SURPRISINGLY EXHAUSTING.

  • >> SURPRISINGLY EXHAUSTING. BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY MY BODY HAS

  • BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY MY BODY HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT.

  • BEEN THROUGH A LOT. >> YEAH.

  • >> YEAH. I KNOW IT'S NOT 100% RELIEF FOR

  • I KNOW IT'S NOT 100% RELIEF FOR YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE YOU STILL

  • YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HOLD YOUR

  • HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HOLD YOUR DAUGHTER YET.

  • DAUGHTER YET. EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS WHEN YOU

  • EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS WHEN YOU EXPECT TO SEE HER IN PERSON.

  • EXPECT TO SEE HER IN PERSON. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AS OF

  • AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AS OF YESTERDAY, DID YOU STILL TEST

  • YESTERDAY, DID YOU STILL TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

  • POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. >> YEAH.

  • >> YEAH. SO I'M NOT SURE.

  • SO I'M NOT SURE. THAT'S THE THING, AS THE DOCTOR

  • THAT'S THE THING, AS THE DOCTOR WAS JUST SAYING EARLIER.

  • WAS JUST SAYING EARLIER. STILL SO NEW, THEY JUST DON'T

  • STILL SO NEW, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW.

  • KNOW. I HAVE TO HAVE TWO NEGATIVES IN

  • I HAVE TO HAVE TWO NEGATIVES IN A ROW IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE ABLE

  • A ROW IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SEE HER.

  • TO SEE HER. AND SO I JUST -- THEY DON'T

  • AND SO I JUST -- THEY DON'T KNOW.

  • KNOW. IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE THIS IS

  • IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE THIS IS SO NEW AND SUCH A NEW THING

  • SO NEW AND SUCH A NEW THING GOING ON.

  • GOING ON. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU.

  • >> WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU. YOU'RE 27.

  • YOU'RE 27. YOU'RE RELATIVELY HEALTHY.

  • YOU'RE RELATIVELY HEALTHY. TAKE US BACK TO LATE MARCH.

  • TAKE US BACK TO LATE MARCH. I KNOW YOU WENT INTO THE

  • I KNOW YOU WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL.

  • HOSPITAL. YOU HAD SOME SYMPTOMS.

  • YOU HAD SOME SYMPTOMS. DID YOU THINK YOU HAD COVID-19

  • DID YOU THINK YOU HAD COVID-19 AT THE TIME?

  • AT THE TIME? OBVIOUSLY YOU WERE PREGNANT.

  • OBVIOUSLY YOU WERE PREGNANT. YOU WERE PROBABLY JUST TRYING TO

  • YOU WERE PROBABLY JUST TRYING TO BE SAFE?

  • BE SAFE? >> YEAH.

  • >> YEAH. I WORK AS A RESPIRATORY

  • I WORK AS A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST.

  • THERAPIST. I'M AWARE IT EXISTED.

  • I'M AWARE IT EXISTED. I WAS TAKING PRECAUTIONS.

  • I WAS TAKING PRECAUTIONS. I DIDN'T GO TO WORK.

  • I DIDN'T GO TO WORK. I'M PREGNANT.

  • I'M PREGNANT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I CAUGHT IT,

  • I DON'T KNOW WHERE I CAUGHT IT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

  • I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. SOMEHOW I ENDED UP COMING TO THE

  • SOMEHOW I ENDED UP COMING TO THE HOSPITAL AND ENDED UP GETTING

  • HOSPITAL AND ENDED UP GETTING SICKER AND SICKER AND ENDED UP

  • SICKER AND SICKER AND ENDED UP INTUBATED.

  • INTUBATED. >> MY GOODNESS.

  • >> MY GOODNESS. AT THE TIME YOU WERE 33 WOOX

  • AT THE TIME YOU WERE 33 WOOX PREG --

  • PREG -- WEEKS PREGNANT WITH YOUR S.E.C.

  • WEEKS PREGNANT WITH YOUR S.E.C. CHILD.

  • CHILD. >> YEAH.

  • >> YEAH. >> DID YOU THINK ABOUT GIVING

  • >> DID YOU THINK ABOUT GIVING BIRTH WHILE YOU WERE IN THERE.

  • BIRTH WHILE YOU WERE IN THERE. >> I HAVE AN AMAZING OB.

  • >> I HAVE AN AMAZING OB. WHEN I CAME IN, SHE SAID I DON'T

  • WHEN I CAME IN, SHE SAID I DON'T THINK WE'LL GO DOWN THIS PATH.

  • THINK WE'LL GO DOWN THIS PATH. NOBODY EXPECTED I WAS GOING TO

  • NOBODY EXPECTED I WAS GOING TO GET THAT SICK.

  • GET THAT SICK. NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

  • NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. I DID NOT EXPECT TO DELIVER MY

  • I DID NOT EXPECT TO DELIVER MY CHILD

  • CHILD CHILD.

  • CHILD. >> HOW SOON AFTER YOU WOKE UP

  • >> HOW SOON AFTER YOU WOKE UP DID THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THE

  • DID THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THE BIRTH OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL

  • BIRTH OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER?

  • DAUGHTER? >> WELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW, TO

  • >> WELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW, TO BE HONEST.

  • BE HONEST. ALL THE MEDICATION AND

  • ALL THE MEDICATION AND EVERYTHING, I JUST WOKE UP.

  • EVERYTHING, I JUST WOKE UP. ALL OF A SUDDEN I DIDN'T HAVE MY

  • ALL OF A SUDDEN I DIDN'T HAVE MY BELLY ANYMORE.

  • BELLY ANYMORE. IT WAS EXTREMELY MIND-BLOWING.

  • IT WAS EXTREMELY MIND-BLOWING. YEAH.

  • YEAH. >> YOUR DAUGHTER IS NAMED AVA.

  • >> YOUR DAUGHTER IS NAMED AVA. I WAS READING LAST NIGHT WHAT IT

  • I WAS READING LAST NIGHT WHAT IT MEANS.

  • MEANS. TELL EVERYBODY.

  • TELL EVERYBODY. IT'S SPECIAL.

  • IT'S SPECIAL. >> IT MEANS BREATH OF LIFE.

  • >> IT MEANS BREATH OF LIFE. SHE'S OUR NEW LITTLE BREATH OF

  • SHE'S OUR NEW LITTLE BREATH OF LIFE

  • LIFE LIFE.

  • LIFE. >> AMEN TO THAT.

  • >> AMEN TO THAT. I KNOW YOUR HUSBAND HAS MET HER.

  • I KNOW YOUR HUSBAND HAS MET HER. YOU FACE TIMED WITH HER.

  • YOU FACE TIMED WITH HER. YOU HAVE ANOTHER YOUNG DAUGHTER

  • YOU HAVE ANOTHER YOUNG DAUGHTER AT HOME WE SHOULD TELL EVERYBODY

  • AT HOME WE SHOULD TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT.

  • ABOUT. TELL US ABOUT BIG SISTER AND HOW

  • TELL US ABOUT BIG SISTER AND HOW OLD SHE IS?

  • OLD SHE IS? >> YES.

  • >> YES. I HAVE EMILY AND SHE'S ONLY

  • I HAVE EMILY AND SHE'S ONLY 11-MONTH-OLD.

  • 11-MONTH-OLD. SO EMILY AND AVA ARE GOING TO

  • SO EMILY AND AVA ARE GOING TO BE, I GUESS, 10 MONTHS APART

  • BE, I GUESS, 10 MONTHS APART BECAUSE AVA IS NOW ALMOST A

  • BECAUSE AVA IS NOW ALMOST A MONTH -- SHE'S TWO WEEKS OLD NOW

  • MONTH -- SHE'S TWO WEEKS OLD NOW SINCE SHE GAVE BIRTH -- I GAVE

  • SINCE SHE GAVE BIRTH -- I GAVE BIRTH TWO WEEKS AGO.

  • BIRTH TWO WEEKS AGO. >> ELEVEN MONTHS.

  • >> ELEVEN MONTHS. MY GOODNESS.

  • MY GOODNESS. YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE A

  • YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST.

  • RESPIRATORY THERAPIST. TELL US ABOUT THE COLLEAGUES WHO

  • TELL US ABOUT THE COLLEAGUES WHO TOOK CARE OF YOU.

  • TOOK CARE OF YOU. THEY DID SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL

  • THEY DID SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL FOR YOU WHEN YOU LEFT THE

  • FOR YOU WHEN YOU LEFT THE HOSPITAL.

  • HOSPITAL. >> YES.

  • >> YES. FIRST OF ALL, MY OB WAS AMAZING,

  • FIRST OF ALL, MY OB WAS AMAZING, MY COLLEAGUES IN GENERAL.

  • MY COLLEAGUES IN GENERAL. BECAUSE I WAS UNDER ANESTHESIA,

  • BECAUSE I WAS UNDER ANESTHESIA, I DON'T KNOW WHO TO THANK.

  • I DON'T KNOW WHO TO THANK. EVERYONE DID A STANDING OVATION

  • EVERYONE DID A STANDING OVATION AND CLAPPED ME OUT OF THE ICU,

  • AND CLAPPED ME OUT OF THE ICU, WHICH WAS SO AMAZING AND SUCH A

  • WHICH WAS SO AMAZING AND SUCH A HUGE THING TO USE ICU AND GO TO

  • HUGE THING TO USE ICU AND GO TO THE REGULAR FLOORS, JUST BY THE

  • THE REGULAR FLOORS, JUST BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

  • GRACE OF GOD. >> THOSE PICTURES MAKE ALL OF US

  • >> THOSE PICTURES MAKE ALL OF US WANT TO CRY.

  • WANT TO CRY. NOW THAT YOU'RE ON THE OTHER

  • NOW THAT YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE, AT LEAST ON THE JOURNEY TO

  • SIDE, AT LEAST ON THE JOURNEY TO THE OTHER SIDE, WHAT DO YOU WANT

  • THE OTHER SIDE, WHAT DO YOU WANT ALL OF US TO KNOW?

  • ALL OF US TO KNOW? >> THERE'S HOPE.

  • >> THERE'S HOPE. EVEN IN THE HARDEST DAYS AND

  • EVEN IN THE HARDEST DAYS AND HARDEST TIMES, THAT THERE'S HOPE

  • HARDEST TIMES, THAT THERE'S HOPE AND YOU CAN RELY ON GOD AND

  • AND YOU CAN RELY ON GOD AND PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY.

  • PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY. THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY AND