Two decades later I still say no to the swans & yes to the guy. She lives and works in New York City, and has been an active fixture on her mothers presidential campaign trail. 4. Bessler is Klobuchars only child. She also drafted memos and speeches for campaign staff and surrogates. She works for a New York City councilman and, according to Vogue, is also a stand-up comedian. In an interview with CBS 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. Now, the city might start buying garbage trucks, Let's talk about our racist and ugly state flag, Minnesota Democrats might spend big in bid to fix a struggling child care industry, The long, bitter fight over Minneapolis Roof Depot site, explained, Time to celebrate our Minnesota public schools, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons license. "I'm ready to spread that, and help her in any way I can.". Box 18438 | Minneapolis, MN 55418 | 612.455.6950. According to Vogue, they live modest lives in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., and Bessler is an involved political spouse as the first man to become a member of the Senate Spouse club. We love you! The former presidential candidate told Gosk she wasnt nervous until Besslers shortness of breath became noticeable in their phone conversations and he began coughing up blood. 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He kept having a temperature and a bad, bad cough and when he started coughing up blood he got a test and a chest X-ray and they checked him into a hospital in Virginia because of a variety of things including very low oxygen levels, which havent really improved, Klobuchar said in a Medium post. You can read more of her work at amandaelizabethmitchell.com or follow her on Instagram and Twitter @lochnessmanda. Adding: Two decades later I still say no to the swans & yes to the guy.". View our online Press Pack. Klobuchar has not been tested because she said she had not showed symptoms and was not around Bessler in the 14-day window when he could have transmitted the virus while sick. She wore her mother's dress to watch her get Sworn in as a Senator. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from CDC, WHO, and local public health departments. Blesser shared how she felt about her mother's presidential campaign in an interview with CBS Minnesota. Klobuchar wrote. But the senator has talked to her dad, who is in good spirits. A Division of NBC Universal. Though her daughter remained in intensive care for an extended period of time, Klobuchar herself was not able to remain in the hospital. Abigail Bessler is Amy Klobuchars daughter. At the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he's worked since 2009, he teaches courses in civil procedure, contracts, capital punishment, international human rights law, and lawyering skills, and became a tenured faculty member in 2014. Amy Forliti, Associated Press As information about the coronavirus pandemic rapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. She worked as an editor on Yale Law Journals. She's been married to lawyer and legal scholar John View our online Press Pack. She researched domestic and international issues for the national policy team. This is not a cold, he told NBC. Abigail Klobuchar Bessler's parents combined net worth is around $3 million. Abigail Klobuchar Bessler is the only daughter of Amy Klobuchar and John Bessler, who is currently working as a Legal Intern in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The majority of COVID-19 patients experience only mild or moderate symptoms, but a fraction of them develop more severe complications such as interstitial pneumonia, requiring protracted hospitalizations. She always makes them proud. So its a hard thing, and hes at least being able to complain about stuff like that now. His 2014 book, The Birth of American Law: An Italian Philosopher and the American Revolution, was the recipient of the 2015 Scribes Book Award, an annual award given out by The American Society of Legal Writers for "the best work of legal scholarship published during the previous year.". In February of this year, doctors at Mayo Clinic found small white spots called calcifications during a routine mammogram, she shared. Gabe Schneider is MinnPosts Washington correspondent. To help provide doctors and nurses on the front lines with life-saving medical resources, donate to Direct Relief here. Klobuchar, a Democrat, is the senior senator from Minnesota and was a candidate for the 2020 presidential nomination until ending her campaign earlier this year. And so then we share information and then I text with the doctor [and] talk to the doctors about three or four times a day., Bessler, Klobuchar said Tuesday, [was] working the phone. pic.twitter.com/hllBXwkPr9, Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) January 3, 2019. Prior to serving in the Senate, she worked for eight years as the attorney for Hennepin County, which is the largest prosecutor's office in Minnesota. He got tested after he began coughing up blood, and was admitted to the hospital, where he was put on oxygen but not a ventilator. She has previously served as the Hennepin County attorney and is a lawyer. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. A A Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced in a statement on Monday that her husband, John Bessler, has tested positive for coronavirus and is in the hosptial. MinnPost | P.O. Bessler and Klobuchar tied the knot in 1993 after meeting at the Coyote Cafe in Minneapolis. Klobuchar says his health has taken a "good turn," and thanked the health care workers that were involved with his recovery. "Thanks to all who sent kind words and prayers for my husband John," she said. He is also an author. She also tracks litigation on various health care topics, focusing on access to reproductive health. She is the winner of the Yale Writing Centre Essay Contest for a humor piece titled ' Dear Rufus.'. Bessler is also an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center and is of counsel at Berens & Miller, a law firm in Minneapolis. Bessler, who is a law professor at the University of Baltimore, said during a Tuesday interview with NBC News that he originally felt great and was teaching classes before falling ill on March 12. "Happy 20th anniversary to my husband John! The test results confirming his diagnosis of the new coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19, came in days later. President Donald Trump, who had earlier downplayed it compared to the seasonal flu and said opponents were trying to politicize it as a hoax, last week released suggested nationwide guidelines for social distancing to slow new infections. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is slowly making gains as a potential front-runner in the Democratic presidential election. It was great to have John and Abigail here today as I was sworn-in. Sen. Amy Klobuchars husband, John Bessler, has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). She says that while he was hospitalized, she and Bessler and their daughter, Abigail (who was holed up at home in New York, where she also works), stayed in regular contact and he seemed in a better place, with time. Klobuchar says he immediately quarantined himself and stopped teaching law in Baltimore. Her work exists at the apex of beauty, pop culture, and absurdity. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Bessler checked himself into a hospital in Virginia where X-rays initially revealed he had pneumonia, a serious complication of the virus, and low oxygen. Abigail Klobuchar Bessler - Amy Klobuchar's daughter. Klobuchar told PEOPLE that she and her husband had not been in physical contact in recent weeks before his diagnosis and so she was not being tested for the virus. 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. She is the only child of her parents. "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.". She has researched top general consels in the Immediate Office of the General Counsel and evaluated the agency's authority on legal issues. Subscribe to Here's the Deal, our politics newsletter. Abigail is even wearing one of my dresses from when I started as a lawyer (she, in her own words, calls it vintage). Ultimately, the senator had a lumpectomy on her right breast to remove the cancer. Klobuchar said Monday that it took five days for Bessler to be tested, noting that such delays are a problem facing many. Being the couple's only child, she was raised with lots of love and care. Many families in America are experiencing this now and things that are much much worse, Klobuchar said on a press call this morning. Facts About Amy Klobuchar's Daughter, Abigail, All About Jake Tapper's Wife Jennifer Marie Brown, Gayle Says March Is a Good Month for TV Lovers, The Baron and the Marquis: Liberty, Tyranny, and the Enlightenment Maxim That Can Remake American Criminal Justice, The Birth of American Law: An Italian Philosopher and the American Revolution, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Daughter Abigail Klobuchar Bessler and husband John Bessler, right, looked on as Sen. 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