The law professor told Gosk this week he plans to donate blood, too, to help researchers study the virus. The 59-year-old, who is qualified to participate in the next Democratic debate on Feb. 19, plans to continue her fight for new mothers and other citizens who are in need of greater health care attention. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and her husband, John Bessler, are describing his battle with coronavirus last month and the frustration of having a suffering loved one you cannot visit and comfort. Like this story? I think its getting better, and it helped [my husband] to make the right decisions, Klobuchar says. She was born in 1995. He hates missing teaching his classes remotely. "He has coronavirus and has been in the hospital for pneumonia and Bessler attended Yale University as an undergraduate and graduated in 2017. Abigail is 27 years old as of 2022. 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"There are people where it turns for the worse, and they're on ventilators, or they don't make it, and it's a heartbreaking thing, and it's why we have to invest in testing and do everything to make up for the mistakes that were made at the beginning, where a country was not prepared for this.". Bessler, 52, is a law professor at the University of Baltimore. Bessler, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, became ill when he was in Washington and Klobuchar was in Minnesota, she said. And so then we come back to Washington and somehow he mysteriously mustve gotten it, just probably by a passerby or a surface or something like that. "I'm excited for, like I said, what she's campaigning on and the issues she cares about," she said. Winner of Yales Last Comic Standing competition, 2016 She is the only child of her parents. In addition, he is of counsel at Berens & Miller, a firm in Minneapolis. He now has pneumonia and is on oxygen but not a ventilator.. 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For other inquiries, Contact Us. Two decades later I still say no to the swans & yes to the guy. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Even though it was clear that Abigail had a problem nursing due to a condition that prevented her from swallowing, Klobuchar had to leave the hospital while Abigail stayed behind. Email us at exclusive@the-sun.com or call 212 416 4552. Klobuchar is married to John Bessler. This is not a cold, he told NBC. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (center) and husband John Bessler with daughter Abigail (left). Klobuchar announced Monday that Bessler has the coronavirus and was admitted to a Virginia hospital where he was placed on oxygen, but not a ventilator. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. And after testing negative for the disease, he donated his blood plasma, from which doctors are collecting antibodies to treat other coronavirus patients, in hopes it will help them fight off the virus. In a 2010 interview with ELLE, Klobuchar explains that when her daughter was first born, Abigail was not able to swallow and had to be fed through a stomach tube for the first three years of her life. Abihail went to Washington- Liberty High School from 2009 to 2013. She always makes them proud. She graduated from Yale in 2017 and now works in New York City. "I had to go and testify about things like your water breaking," she says. Abigail Klobuchar Bessler is the only child of Amy Klobuchar and John Bessler ( Source : oprahdaily ) She has been diagnosed with a serious health condition - Fever, cough and chest pains are signal symptoms of the coronavirus, which can otherwise seem like the common cold or flu. She received Wallace Prize- Non-Fiction Honorable Mention from Yale University for a humor piece ' Abigail Bessler Ph.D.' It is the most prestigious, independently awarded undergraduate writing prize. In April of 2020, Klobuchar and Bessler revealed that he had battled coronavirus at the hospital with an oxygen mask. She was sick for a long time, which was a terrifying moment for her family, which is why they only gave birth to a single child. His coronavirus test, taken before he went into the hospital, came back positive on Monday morning. And I think one of the hardest things about this disease is that you cant be there, and you cant thank the health care workers, Klobuchar says. 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That experience inspired the then-corporate lawyer to go before state legislatures to successfully lobby for Minnesota to pass one of the country's first laws that guaranteed new moms and their babies could stay in the hospital at least 48 hours after birth. 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It just suddenly hit me and I had a fever, and that fever just lasted for days and days, Bessler, 52, told NBC correspondent Stephanie Gosk. In January 2019, Bessler wore one of her mothers older dresses to see her get sworn in as a U.S. senator. WebWorking with both Democrats and Republicans, Senator Klobuchar has made key progress on legislation to keep people safe. Bessler said he had begun to feel sick in March with persistent fevers. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) announced Monday that her husband, John Bessler, has been released from the hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. But the senator has talked to her dad, who is in good spirits. She's been married to lawyer and legal scholar John Klobuchar wrote, "Happy anniversary John! Please check your inbox to confirm. Of course this has been scary at times, since cancer is the word all of us fear, but at this point, my doctors believe that my chances of developing cancer again are no greater than the average person.. She researched domestic and international issues for the national policy team. Klobuchar said her husband, John Bessler, has pneumonia and is on oxygen but not a ventilator. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSunUS and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSunUS, Love Island fans' horror as axed Olivia handed power to destroy TWO other stars, Strictly star bags life-changing EastEnders role as part of new family, Baby's body found after huge search as cops quiz Constance Marten & lover, Bianca Gascoigne reveals very unusual name for her newborn daughter, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Amy Klobuchar's daughter, Abigail Bessler, is her only child. But the virus can be deceptive: Some people who have contracted it but dont show symptoms and who make up an unknown percentage of all coronavirus cases are still able to transmit it. After this was discovered, I had a biopsy at Piper Breast Center in Minneapolis, and then learned that I had Stage 1A breast cancer.. Abigail is even wearing one of my dresses from when I started as a lawyer (she, in her own words, calls it vintage). Her work exists at the apex of beauty, pop culture, and absurdity. After finishing in fifth place in the Iowa caucuses earlier this month, Klobuchar solidified her place as a top-tier candidate in the New Hampshire primary. We share information and then I text with the doctor [and] talk to the doctors about three or four times a day.. Here's what you need to know. "When they asked when this bill should take effect, all my pregnant friends raised their hands and said, 'Now,'" she explains. We just got the test results at 7 a.m. this morning. The 2020 presidential election is fast approaching, and all eyes are currently on the Democratic candidates as they gear up for the second round of presidential debates. You're supposed to give china for the 20th, but I went with bookends in honor of his marriage proposal in the non-fiction aisle of the former Hungry Mind bookstore," she wrote in 2013. Then I would call and Id say, Take your temperature, and then it was always over 100 degrees.. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. She has researched top general consels in the Immediate Office of the General Counsel and evaluated the agency's authority on legal issues. "So, I told them very detailed things to make them feel squeamish so they'd pass the bill the right way.". Klobuchars daughter, Abigail Klobuchar Bessler, was born in 1995 with a serious medical condition whereby she couldnt swallow. Amy and John got married in 1993. Klobuchar was first elected to the Senate in 2006 when she also became Minnesota's first elected female United States senator. While Klobuchar comes from the suburbs of Minneapolis, Bessler comes from Mankato, Minnesota. It causes the respiratory disease COVID-19 and is highly contagious, spread by coughs and sneezes from an infected person or after having contact with a surface they have touched. The test results confirming his diagnosis of the new coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19, came in days later. In three months, the virus has spread around the world. Though her daughter remained in intensive care for an extended period of time, Klobuchar herself was not able to remain in the hospital. The absence the virus had created around him the lack of personal care from loved ones was another of its insidious symptoms. In April of 2020, Klobuchar and Bessler revealed that he had battled coronavirus at the hospital with an oxygen mask. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from CDC, WHO, and local public health departments. 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