YouTuber Grace Victory has posted her first picture on Instagram since being put into a medically-induced coma due to a Covid-19 infection.
Victory, 30, developed mild Covid-19 symptoms in December that continued to worsen over two weeks. She was taken into intensive care on Christmas Day, having prematurely given birth on Christmas Eve to a baby boy who was not due until February 2021.
In a statement at the time, her family wrote: “Grace was admitted into intensive care on Christmas Day due to issues with her breathing & therefore they had to make the decision of placing her into an induced coma, to give her body the rest it needs, in order to recover.”
On Monday 8 March, after more than 10 weeks in an induced coma Victory woke up and was able to update followers. She tweeted, “I’m awake” and informed well-wishers her “baby boy is thriving at home”.
Many fans called it “the most wonderful news” and wished her and her young family well.
Today (24 March), Victory has posted the first photo on her Instagram since her hospitalisation.
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Victory posted a picture of her baby son’s feet along with the caption, “The best feet in the world”. She also tagged her partner and the child’s father, Lee.
Prior to becoming sick with Covid-19, the influencer from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire had been documenting her pregnancy journey on social media.
Victory has been on YouTube since 2011 and speaks on issues such as body positivity and mental health. She had 222,000 subscribers and calls herself “The Internet’s Big Sister”.
With the good news that Victory had woken up from her coma, her sister Charleigh posted on her Instagram: “There are absolutely no words, other than Thank. You. God!!”
