Saskia Returns As Our Social Media Queen
We are delighted to share some very happy news that we have welcomed back our social media queen Saskia, who is the Granddaughter of our MD Jo Boorsma.
Saskia contracted Covid in September last year whilst she was 8 months pregnant. Saskia quickly became very unwell and was unable to breath. She was admitted to intensive care. Saskia was put into an induced coma and her baby was delivered in order to give her the best chance of survival. Saskia was then transferred to St Thomas in London where she was put on to a specialist life support machine called ECMO, which would effectively become her lungs and breath for her, in order to give her vital organs a rest and chance to heal. Saskia then contracted sepsis and had a collapsed lung, she was very unwell and we did not know if she would survive.
Saskia’s beautiful baby girl Betsy Mae was delivered safely and was soon able to go home with Saskia’s partner Lee; however Saskia remained in a coma and was not even aware her baby girl had been born. It was a heart breaking time for all her family. Saskia remained ‘asleep’ for 4 weeks, and a spent a total of 11 weeks in hospital.
Eventually she was able to return home and be reunited with her partner Lee, baby Betsy and her eldest daughter Eliza Grace, who had missed her Mum dearly.
Whilst Saskia has not fully returned to full health with her lungs, she is improving and we are thrilled to have her back here at Grommets HQ as our Social Media Manager.
