Mom Who Beat COVID Thanks Doctor in a Special Way for Saving Her and Her Baby

A Texas couple honored their doctor with a tribute after saving the life of the wife and her unborn baby after a near death bout with COVID last year.

The couple welcomed a baby in November and named him Cameron after Diana Crouch’s doctor, Dr. Cameron Dezfulian, the medical director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease, ICU unit at Texas 👧Children’s Hospital in Houston, who they believe helped to save both Diana and their baby’s lives.

In July, Diana Crouch was 18 weeks pregnant and she traveled with her husband Chris Crouch to Las Vegas to celebrate their anniversary. What was meant to be a time of enjoyment turned into misery when Diana Crouch started experiencing a “really bad headache” while on the trip, she tells “Good Morning America.”

Things started to get worse when Diana Crouch got home from her trip and developed a fever. After getting in contact with her obstetrician, they assumed that she was just dehydrated and advised her to drink plenty of water and take Tylenol. However, her symptoms didn’t go away, and after contacting her doctor again, they recommended that she go to the emergency room.

Unfortunately, after going to the ER, Diana Crouch received the news that she tested positive for COVID-19. According to Diana Crouch, the ER doctor told her to “stay on top of the fever and eat healthy.” The doctor also advised to use a pulse oximeter to track her oxygen levels to make sure they stayed high enough.

When there were no signs of improvement in her condition, her husband drove her back to the ER to get checked out again.

Chris Crouch described to “Good Morning America” what that harrowing experience was like saying, “This time, they said her lungs looked like they had pneumonia. And then they were going to admit her but the treatment that she was going to need, they were going to have to find a hospital so they found Texas