Texas mom of three reunited with her kids at home for the first in more than a year after battling a near-death experience with COVID-19.
Jazmin Kirkland, 34, of Bells, Texas, said her 2-year-old son didn't recognize her at first when she walked in the door of her family's home on Aug. 9, because he had no memory of ever seeing his mom outside of a hospital.
The family was on vacation in South Carolina, staying in a home with family members, when Kirkland, her husband and their two youngest children tested positive for the virus. "I started to pray and was like, 'God, please don't let me die … just let me wake up. Let me be here for my kids and my husband,'" she said. "And I just texted my husband and I said, 'I love you. I promise I'm going to keep fighting.'"
Jazmin Kirkland, of Texas, poses with her husband Kody while hospitalized during her battle with COVID-19.While most patients are typically on an ECMO machine for two to four weeks, Kirkland stayed on the machine for 188 days, according to Brandon Davis, the cardiovascular intensive care unit manager at Texoma Medical Center.
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