The grieving mom of a 24-year-old Louisiana woman has now to care for two small grandsons after her daughter’s untimely death from Covid-19 complications.
Keighlie Renee Reaux succumbed Sunday to the deadly virus at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center nearly six weeks after contracting Covid.
“We let our guard down,” mom Amie Reaux said. “We started venturing out. We booked a family vacation. We thought, like the rest of the world, this isn’t that real of a virus.”
The deceased woman and nine of her relatives tested positive for the coronavirus after a beach trip on July 4th. She was 38 weeks pregnant with her second son Krew.
When her symptoms started worsening, doctors performed an emergency cesarean section and delivered the baby on August 4. Since, she had been battling the coronavirus on a ventilator. Two weeks later, her lungs were completely gone.
“To know Keighlie was to love her. She would do anything for anyone, put everyone before herself, would give the shirt off her back, never met a stranger and loved with all of her heart,” an obituary for Reaux said.
“Her beautiful blue eyes and contagious smile will be missed tremendously by all who loved her.”
