- The doctor came in.

She's like, "Hey, basedon your chest x-ray,

I think that you have coronavirus,"

and I'm like, "What?

No, no way that I have coronavirus."

- [Narrator] Little wasknown about COVID-19

when 27 year old AngelaPrimachenko showed up at the ER

in March 2020 with a feverand a persistent cough.

- I'm like, "Well, even if I do have it,

I'm young, I'll be fine,I'll just fight it off.

I don't have any health problems.

I'll be okay."

- [Narrator] But the symptoms got worse.

Two days later, barely able to speak,

Angela was admitted to LegacySalmon Creek Medical Center

in Vancouver, Washington.

- I was sitting there andI'm just gasping for air.

And I'm like, "It's okay,just five more minutes,

if I could just do five more minutes,"

and I'm just looking at the clock.

I wasn't thinking like,"Oh man, I'm gonna die."

I always thought like,"Man, how do I survive?"

- [Narrator] Angelacomes from a large family

who we're all hoping andpraying for a quick recovery.

Still, her twin, Oksana,

felt it wasn't going to be an easy ride.

- The second she got in the hospital,

I realized, "Whoa, I'm notstrong enough for this."

'Cause it was just so scary waiting.

You can't be there to hold her hand

and just to pray with her.

- [Narrator] And makingthings even tougher,

Angela was 33 weeks pregnant.

For the time, doctors felt thebaby, a girl, would be fine.

The mother's health was another matter.

Angela's OBGYN, Dr. Suzanne Slayton-Milam,

points out that a baby at 33weeks puts a lot of stress

on a mother's body, especially her lungs,

the organ most vulnerableto the coronavirus.

- For pregnant women, we knowthat this is worse for them.

They're more likely tobe placed on a ventilator

and have intensive care unit admissions

because they've lost some ofthat respiratory lung capacity.

- [Narrator] At the time,

neither of their lives were in danger

so doctors felt it best towait as long as possible

to deliver the baby.

Meanwhile, Angela's lungshad weakened even further

and doctors decided toinduce Angela into a coma

and put her on a ventilator.

Before they did, Angelatexted Dr. Slayton-Milam.

- Can you please make sure the baby's okay

and take care of the baby?

I feel like He put me in thisposition to take care of her.

I had my doctor hat on, but Iknew I had the Lord with me.

- [Narrator] By then,Angela's family had learned

she was in a fight for her life

and were now praying for a miracle.

- I was totally brokenand praying to Jesus.

What I had was just a broken heart to God,

being like, "God, I'm terrified."

We couldn't even, like, wrap our minds

around the heaviness of the situation.

- [Narrator] They weren't alone.

Their community of friends and family

were sharing Angela'sstory around the world

through social media.

- I actually put it out therefor people to pray for us

and to pray for Angela and pray for me

to do what I needed to do.

- [Narrator] After threedays on the ventilator,

Angela's lung functionstill hadn't improved.

So, on April 1st, Dr.Slayton-Milam induced labor.

In a coma, Angela gave birthto a healthy baby girl, Ava,

a name she had picked out monthsbefore her COVID diagnosis.

- The name means breath of life.

And it was one of those things

that I can't call a coincidence.

I think the Lord had this...

He knew.

- [Narrator] As a preemie,Ava was placed in the NICU.

In another part of the hospital,

her mother was showing some improvement.

Then, on Palm Sunday,Angela started to crash,

spiking high fevers.

- The doctors told us thatshe's doing absolutely terrible,

like be prepared for the worst.

And at that point, that's when it's like

all these images of, like: Whatwould I say at her funeral?

How would my life looklike without my sister?

And she has two little babies.

And I kept reminding myself,

like, "Miracles are normal for you.

Miracles are not something crazy for you.

It's, like, just the way you are."

- [Narrator] The next day,Oksana and her family got word.

Angela was breathing on her own.

- Is this real? Is thisactually happening?

Like, the darkest day ever

to turn to, like, the brightest day ever.

- [Narrator] After beingtaken off the ventilator

and brought out of the coma,

Angela realized thatsomething was missing.

- Apparently, when Iwas in that haze time,

I was like, "Where's my baby?

You guys took my baby."

I don't remember saying any of that.

- [Narrator] But staff reassuredher that baby Ava was fine.

Then, after 16 days in the hospital,

including nine days on aventilator, Angela went home.

- All of the world was praying for me

and I'm just so thankfulthat God took me out of that.

- I think the first time I sawher, I just started crying.

Like, about to lose oneof the closest people

in my entire life and thenhaving them back again,

it felt like I got thisgift all over again.

- [Narrator] It would be two more weeks

before Angela tested negative for COVID

and could finally hold her baby.

- I just remember holdingher and just crying

and just being like, "Wow,like this is actually my kid,"

and she was so tiny andshe was only 4 1/2 pounds.

And so just beingthankful that she's okay.

She's definitely our breath of life.

- [Narrator] There arefew who didn't walk away

from this ordeal with a new understanding

and appreciation for the goodness of God

and the power of prayer.

- I was scared like everybody else was,

with this coronavirus andI had to face my fears.

And the Lord said, "If you want courage,

I will give you courage,"and He threw me in the fire.

I just felt like I hadthe Lord there with me

through all of that and He just guided me.

- He's been by my side the entire time,

even when I felt like I was alone.

Well, even when I literally was alone,

God was still right there beside me.

- God hears our prayers.

There's no prayer that comes empty.

Every single prayer, Heholds it close to His heart.

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