With_PRP her_DPS round_AJ0 cheeks_NN2 ,_PUN Summer_NN1 Reign_NN1 McMullen_NP0 was_VBD born_VVN a_AT0 healthy_AJ0 baby_NN1 on_PRP July_NP0 27._CRD Her_DPS 30-year-old_AJ0 mother_NN1 ,_PUN Kristen_NP0 ,_PUN smiled_VVD at_PRP the_AT0 pink_AJ0 bundle_NN1 cradled_VVD in_PRP her_DPS tattooed_AJ0 arms_NN2 ._SENT That_DT0 was_VBD the_AT0 last_ORD time_NN1 she_PNP would_VM0 hold_VVI her_DPS daughter_NN1 ._SENT Two_CRD pictures_NN2 and_CJC a_AT0 couple_NN1 of_PRF minutes_NN2 later_AV0 ,_PUN she_PNP was_VBD taken_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 ICU_NN1 ,_PUN where_CJS she_PNP died_VVD more_AV0 than_CJS a_AT0 week_NN1 later_AV0 from_PRP covid-19_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 hospital_NN1 in_PRP Brevard_NP0 County_NN1 ,_PUN Fla._NP0 Summer_NN1 will_VM0 never_AV0 know_VVI her_DPS mother_NN1 's_POS "_PUQ bubbly_AJ0 and_CJC vivacious_AJ0 "_PUQ personality_NN1 ,_PUN said_VVD McMullen_NP0 's_POS aunt_NN1 ,_PUN Melissa_NP0 Syverson_NP0 ._SENT She_PNP will_VM0 not_XX0 meet_VVI the_AT0 "_PUQ active_AJ0 and_CJC full-of-life_AJ0 "_PUQ young_AJ0 woman_NN1 who_PNQ grew_VVD up_AVP dancing_VVG ,_PUN horseback_NN1 riding_VVG and_CJC playing_VVG the_AT0 piano_NN1 in_PRP her_DPS native_AJ0 Virginia_NP0 ._SENT Yet_AV0 Syverson_NP0 said_VVD she_PNP is_VBZ determined_VVN to_TO0 not_XX0 let_VVI her_DPS niece_NN1 's_POS memories_NN2 perish_VVB :_PUN she_PNP 's_VBZ sharing_VVG her_DPS story_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 hope_NN1 that_CJT people_NN0 –_PUN especially_AV0 pregnant_AJ0 women_NN2 –_PUN take_VVB safety_NN1 measures_NN2 during_PRP the_AT0 pandemic_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ We_PNP want_VVB to_TO0 make_VVI sure_AJ0 that_CJT everybody_PNI ,_PUN pregnant_AJ0 women_NN2 and_CJC also_AV0 people_NN0 that_CJT know_VVB pregnant_AJ0 women_NN2 take_VVB extra_AJ0 precautions_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ said_VVD Syverson_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ declined_VVD to_TO0 discuss_VVI McMullen_NP0 's_POS vaccination_NN1 status_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 loss_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 youthful_AJ0 mother_NN1 who_PNQ ,_PUN according_VVG to_PRP Syverson_NP0 ,_PUN was_VBD otherwise_AV0 healthy_AJ0 comes_VVZ as_PRP more_DT0 young_AJ0 people_NN0 are_VBB being_VBG infected_VVN and_CJC hospitalized_VVN with_PRP covid-19_NN1 ._SENT Some_DT0 doctors_NN2 are_VBB also_AV0 warning_NN1 of_PRF an_AT0 uptick_NN1 of_PRF severe_AJ0 cases_NN2 among_PRP pregnant_AJ0 women_NN2 –_PUN a_AT0 group_NN1 with_PRP a_AT0 low_AJ0 vaccination_NN1 rate_NN1 that_CJT has_VHZ also_AV0 been_VBN found_VVN to_TO0 be_VBI subject_AJ0 to_PRP a_AT0 high_AJ0 risk_NN1 for_PRP complications_NN2 related_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 virus_NN1 ._SENT Amid_PRP the_AT0 delta_NN1 variant_NN1 's_VBZ spread_VVN ,_PUN the_AT0 Centers_NN2 for_PRP Disease_NN1 Control_NN1 and_CJC Prevention_NN1 has_VHZ moved_VVN to_TO0 encourage_VVI expectant_AJ0 mothers_NN2 to_TO0 get_VVI vaccinated_VVN ,_PUN as_CJS research_NN1 shows_VVZ they_PNP are_VBB more_AV0 likely_AJ0 to_TO0 require_VVI admission_NN1 to_PRP intensive_AJ0 care_NN1 and_CJC use_NN1 of_PRF ventilators_NN2 than_CJS non-pregnant_AJ0 women_NN2 ._SENT Syverson_NP0 said_VVD her_DPS niece_NN1 decided_VVD to_TO0 move_VVI to_PRP Florida_NP0 from_PRP Virginia_NP0 out_AVP of_PRF a_AT0 whim_NN1 in_PRP 2017_CRD ,_PUN where_AVQ she_PNP would_VM0 soon_AV0 meet_VVI Keith_NP0 McMullen_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ They_PNP met_VVD and_CJC they_PNP were_VBD literally_AV0 inseparable_AJ0 immediately_AV0 ,_PUN "_PUQ Syverson_NP0 said_VVD ._SENT A_AT0 year_NN1 later_AV0 ,_PUN they_PNP got_VVD married_AJ0 ._SENT He_PNP wore_VVD his_DPS U.S._NP0 Army_NN1 uniform_NN1 while_CJS McMullen_NP0 carried_VVD a_AT0 bouquet_NN1 of_PRF red_AJ0 ,_PUN white_AJ0 and_CJC blue_AJ0 flowers_NN2 that_CJT matched_VVD her_DPS crimson_AJ0 lipstick_NN1 ._SENT According_VVG to_PRP Syverson_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 two_CRD dreamed_VVD of_PRF starting_VVG a_AT0 family_NN1 ._SENT Even_AV0 while_CJS pregnant_AJ0 ,_PUN McMullen_NP0 exerted_VVD herself_PNX at_PRP her_DPS job_NN1 as_PRP hotel_NN1 general_AJ0 manager_NN1 ,_PUN Syverson_NP0 said_VVD ._SENT At_PRP the_AT0 same_DT0 time_NN1 ,_PUN she_PNP fussed_VVD over_AVP the_AT0 prospect_NN1 of_PRF being_VBG a_AT0 mother_NN1 ,_PUN making_VVG sure_AJ0 her_DPS baby_NN1 had_VHD a_AT0 pair_NN0 of_PRF pink_AJ0 onesies_NN2 before_CJS she_PNP came_VVD into_PRP the_AT0 world_NN1 ._SENT Elation_NN1 morphed_AJ0 into_PRP fear_NN1 only_AV0 three_CRD weeks_NN2 before_PRP her_DPS due_AJ0 date_NN1 ._SENT 
