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Showing Original Post only (View all)Former Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleader Dies of Sepsis After Stillbirth [View all]
Krystal Anderson, a former cheerleader for the Kansas City Chiefs, died of sepsis last week following a stillbirth, according to her family. She was 40 years old.
Anderson, known to her friends as Krissy, was hospitalized at five months pregnant and delivered her daughter, Charlotte Willow, after doctors were unable to locate a heartbeat, friends told FOX4 News. She developed a fever a day after the birth. Her condition worsened and she battled sepsis, which eventually led to organ failure. Despite being placed on life support and undergoing three surgeries, she died early Wednesday morning.
I feel lost, her husband, Clayton Anderson, told the station. Theres a lot of people in this house and it feels empty.
While overall maternal deaths in the U.S. have steadily ticked up over the past two decades, Black women remain two to three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With the risks to Black mothers exacerbated by implicit bias and medical racism, they are also more likely to experience life-threatening complications like preeclampsia, postpartum hemorrhage, and blood clots.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/former-kansas-city-chiefs-cheerleader-dies-of-sepsis-after-stillbirth/ar-BB1kA9TD
Could this tragedy have been avoided with timely abortion care? The doctors didn't take action until there was no heartbeat detected from the fetus. There's no mention of Missouri's abortion ban in the article, but it seems that Krystal was failed by her doctors, the hospital and state law.
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CORRECTION: She was most likely hospitalized in Kansas, where abortion is once again legal! My apologies!
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Well, this story was aired on a Fox TV station, so it's doubtful they would want to.....
lastlib
Mar 26
#5
I'd be happy if voters were able to connect the dots - the media is as complicit as the legislators in these instances.
Probatim
Mar 26
#18
Pregnancy and childbirth are extremely dangerous for women. That is the lesson here.
ms liberty
Mar 26
#14
Childbirth mortality is disproportionately higher in the US among blacks.
live love laugh
Mar 27
#51
"The doctors didn't take action until there was no heartbeat detected from the fetus."
MorbidButterflyTat
Mar 26
#19
Sorry if it's triggering. My concern is that doctors may not have mentioned all of her options due to the
ecstatic
Mar 26
#26
The buck stops with Trump. Trump killed her with his Christofascist Justices. nt
SunSeeker
Mar 26
#23