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Nurse creates baby registry for new dad whose wife dies of COVID-19 [Video]

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  • ICU nurse Ashlee Schwartz created a baby registry for new father Eric Robison after his wife succumbed to Covid-19.
  • Eric’s wife, Emily, was pregnant when she caught COVID and never saw her baby.
  • Ashlee promoted the baby registry o facebook and also created a GoFundMe account to make sure Eric and Emily’s baby gets all she needs.

Eric Robison’s wife Emily, died on September 20, leaving behind their newborn baby who she never met. Emily lost her battle with Covid-19 after more than a month.

Their baby daughter, Carmen, was born by an emergency caesarian on August 25, two months premature.

Eric has been overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers and that’s thanks to ICU nurse Ashlee Schwartz who set up a baby registry for them.

Ashlee, an ICU nurse at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas, said she was heartbroken to see the family in the hospital.

‘The image will forever be inscribed in my head,’ she told CNN.

‘Especially as an ICU nurse, the reality of life with this virus is any patient’s story could very well be our own story someday.”

Ashlee decided to help the devastated new dad.

‘I called Eric and asked if he and Emily had a baby registry and he didn’t know what a registry was,’ she said.

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Photo Credit: Eric Robison

‘He said all they had for Carmen were clothes. As Emily was fighting for her life, I just felt called and a sense of responsibility to make sure this baby had everything she needed.

‘All I could picture was Emily coming home after being in the hospital for months and not having much of anything for Carmen and asking herself ‘Why did someone not help me?”

Ashlee took it upon herself to draw up a gift registry, with links for baby essentials at Amazon and Target.

She posted the links on her Facebook page, and also set up a GoFundMe site.

Photo Credit: Ashlee Schwarz

‘Never would I have imagined that gifts would start pouring in from all over Arkansas and the rest of the country,’ Eric said.

‘It’s bittersweet, because I wish Emily was still alive to see it. But not having to worry about Carmen being taken care of is one less thing I have to worry about right now.’

Ashlee also made a framed handprint of Emily, for Carmen to add her handprint.

Photo Credit: Ashlee Schwarz

‘She will forever have a keepsake of her mama,’ the nurse said.

Eric has been overwhelmed by the support.

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‘I’m so grateful for everyone who has helped, even those who have messaged me saying they can’t give me money but will pray for me. That’s perfect enough for me,’ he said.

‘I know Emily is watching right now crying with happiness. She always wanted to be a mom.’

Eric is now urging all people to get vaccinated – especially pregnant women.

Source: Daily Mail

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