![]() But I do say ‘I love you’ more to people now and I try and be more open and vulnerable with those who I love.” I think I'm probably not as light and carefree as I used to be. “I still get a tightening in my chest when I pass somebody without a mask on. She still has flashbacks from her time in ICU, and says she’s more guarded from the near-death experience. “When I get a cold, especially if the babies have been in daycare and they bring things home, my lungs start burning again and aching,” she says. “I love them more and more each day.” Kaillee and Chris are lucky to be parents to healthy twins This Christmas will you please give a special gift to make sure women and babies who face life-threatening complications receive the treatment and care they deserve? Donate nowĭespite the healthy outcome, Kaillee is still recovering from long-term COVID which has significantly impacted her health – including the function of her liver and lungs. Since then, the babies have been thriving, reaching all their milestones and recently celebrating their first birthday with a virtual party. They spent four weeks in the Women’s Special Care Nursery before going home. Weighing 1.7 kilograms and 1.9 kilograms at birth, the twins were in good health. It was just a really lovely experience, the whole thing,” Kaillee says of the birth. “I don’t even have the words to express the care that I’ve received from the Women’s. She was discharged two-and-a-half weeks later, however at 34 weeks, with mounting concerns regarding the babies health, the decision was made to deliver the twins. Miraculously, Kaillee pulled through and started to breathe again on her own. ![]() This Christmas, please make a gift to give more women like Kaillee access to world-class research and life-saving treatment. ![]() Things weren’t looking good and the Women’s maternity team was preparing to deliver the babies early,” Chris recalls. “It was the most terrifying moment of my life. I called Chris and I said, ‘If I don’t make it or something happens to me, keep my body alive for the babies until they’re old enough to come out.’ I thought that I was going to die, or the three of us were going to die, because I felt that I was drowning.” “I was gasping for air and thought that I was dying. ![]() Her condition quickly deteriorated to the point where she was sedated and placed on a ventilator that was breathing for her. Kaillee and her partner Chris* were over the moon when they found out they were expecting twins last year.īut in July 2020, at 26 weeks pregnant, Kaillee was admitted to intensive care after contracting COVID during Melbourne’s second deadly wave. Chris and Kaillee both contracted COVID during Melbourne's second deadly wave 26 November 2021 | Your impact ![]()
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