American Idol alum Casey Goode’s husband, Alex, gave an update on their newborn son’s condition after he tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after his release from the NICU.
On Monday, he opened up on Maximillian’s hospitalization by posting a video on his Instagram Stories, captioning, “Mama & Max will stay in the PICU again tonight. He is on oxygen but his temperature and blood pressure are normal.”
In the video clip, Alex also revealed how Casey, aka Quigley on Instagram, has been handling their son’s COVID-19 diagnosis.
Explaining that the mom and her son have been quarantined for the last three days, Alex said, “As it is expected, Casey is completely overwhelmed and exhausted. She’s mentally and spiritually drained.”
“That being said,” he continued, “we’ve received an overwhelming amount of messages from all of you — very personal messages. And while we’re thankful that everyone has shown their support and kind words, we would love to be able to answer each one individually but at this time we can’t.”
“Please know that we are reading all of them and they are touching all of us so much. Please continue to do that,” he added. “Thank you, and we will get through this.”
On Sunday, Casey took to Instagram to share the news of her baby boy’s COVID-19 diagnosis. She wrote, “Max tested positive for COVID-19 early Saturday am. We took him into the ER after he was running a fever in the middle of the night. We had confirmation that he was exposed from direct contact with a medical professional who had cared for him earlier in the week.”
“This has been a total shock to us. I am currently quarantining with baby Max in the PICU,” she continued. “They are treating me as if I have been exposed and are likely positive as well, although I am showing no symptoms yet. Please send good energy to our little bub so he recovers fast. Not sure what happens next from here… but I expect to be offline for a while as we recover.”
Alex and Casey welcomed their first child on September 18, documenting her complicated labor experience.
In one post, Casey said she went into labor at exactly 37 weeks, right as she received “some alarming blood work results back stating that I had a condition called cholestasis that put me and baby at risk.”
“We decided to labor at home for a while to see if I could still have my planned home birth but baby’s movements stopped so we decided to go to the hospital,” she added. Later, she was diagnosed with preeclampsia.
The singer recalled, “My blood pressure was skyrocketing so they quickly put me on an IV of magnesium to prevent me from having a seizure. I labored for under 12 hours and pushed for about 30 minutes before baby’s heart rate dropped quite low wouldn’t come back up. My OB got into the room and immediately had to vacuum him out. It got really scary at the end as he wasn’t crying or moving much when he came out. They took him for some tests and I only got to see him for about three seconds before he went to the NICU.”
Their son then stayed in the NICU for a few days, before Alex and Casey were finally able to bring him home last week.
Over the weekend, Alex said that his son’s “fever has come down since being admitted” to the hospital again, but “has been put on oxygen as a precaution.” He added, “We are in good spirits but we could also use some positive vibes, so please keep Mad Maxi & Mama Quigley in your thoughts tonight.”
