MELBOURNE, Fla. - A West Melbourne family is going through unimaginable heartbreak after a woman gave birth and then died shortly after due to COVID-19.Kristen McMullen was only able to hold her baby briefly after delivering it before being whisked away to the ICU at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne.
The rest of her interactions with her baby, Summer, were virtual. "She was able to watch on Facetime and take part in some of the baby being at home and things like that," said her aunt, Melissa Syverson.McMullen was only 30 years old.