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Nurse makes baby registry for new father after his unvaccinated wife died of COVID-19 - Daily Mail
Oct 25, 2021 1 min, 32 secs

A new father whose wife died of COVID-19, leaving behind their newborn baby who she never met, has been overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers - thanks to a baby registry set up by their nurse.

Eric Robison's wife Emily, 22, died on September 20.

Their daughter, Carmen, was born by emergency caesarian on August 25, two months premature and weighing two pounds, nine ounces.

Eric Robison is pictured with his wife Emily, who died on September 20 aged 22.

Their daughter, Carmen, was born by emergency caesarean on August 25 but by that point Emily was unconscious and never recovered.

Ashlee Schwartz, an ICU nurse, said that seeing Robison's predicament broke her heart.

Ashlee Schwartz, an ICU nurse at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas, said she was heartbroken to see Eric in the hospital, with his wife intubated, fighting for her life, and a newborn baby.

'I called Eric and asked if he and Emily had a baby registry and he didn't know what a registry was,' she said.

'He said all they had for Carmen were clothes.

As Emily was fighting for her life, I just felt called and a sense of responsibility to make sure this baby had everything she needed.

'All I could picture was Emily coming home after being in the hospital for months and not having much of anything for Carmen and asking herself 'Why did someone not help me?''.

Schwartz took it upon herself to draw up a gift registry, with links for baby essentials at Amazon and Target.

Schwartz has made a framed handprint of Emily, for Carmen to add her handprint.

Robison is pictured with Schwartz, who took it upon herself to rally the community to support the Robison family.

Their daughter Carmen was born on August 25, and is due to go home on Monday after two months in the neonatal ward

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