Covid Front Line Medical Professional
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I am asking for help for my daughter Christina. Let me tell you about her. She is on the front line of medical care as the Emergency Patient Access Representative in a local hospital. She is the first face you see when you come in the emergency room and she always has a smile on her face no matter what is going on with her job. She is the first one to offer comfort and hope and she is the person who will check up on your loved one while you wait. Her coworkers love her smile and the sunshine she brings to every shift. She has been good and kind all of her life. Every year she raises money for breast cancer, and mental illness. When she gets her meal tickets from the hospital for picking up extra shifts or other above and beyond the call of duty service, she gives them to family members anxiously waiting for hours in the emergency room for a loved one to pull through.
I am disabled and retired nurse myself and she makes sure her mom has everything she needs and that I feels loved and cared for every holiday even though she works midnights. She has driven to see me after her shift and I live in a different county than her. She takes me shopping every month. If I need anything at all, I know I can count her.
This year has been rough for everyone. This year Christina was diagnosed with Lupus and Rheumatoid arthritis. She has other health issues as well, but she is the first one to pick up shifts for coworkers. She also teaches at a local private school, St Thomas Aquinas. She is loved by her students and the faculty alike. I've never heard anyone speak a harsh word about her. She is kind and loving to everyone she meets. Her compassion seems limitless. She worked two jobs while working to earn her degree in public health and is close to obtaining her master's degree. She couldn't work any harder if she tried.
Now Christina is ill with Covid and it has hit her hard. She has been off work since Nov 24th and the medical bills are piling up as well as the lost work time. Her boyfriend also lost weeks of work time because he has direct exposure to Covid and was quarantined. She and I have been as careful as possible, always wearing our masks when she took me shopping. When she called me to tell me she tested positive, she was crying. She was scared to death she had exposed me and was worried I would die of Covid. Little did we know at that time it would be her who would become so ill. Though I was with her right before she became ill I remain fine. She called me one day and I wanted her to go to the emergency room because she has asthma like me and her oxygen was so low. She refused. I thought she was being stubborn like her mom, but that wasn't what it was. She was scared of accumulating more medical debt. She works in a hospital and cannot afford the copays and care she needs. She was in a car accident a few years back and the hospital aggressively pursued payments even though they were taking it right out of her paycheck. All her life she has been generous to others but now she needs help. She hasn't had an income and the hospital is stating the Covid was community acquired so she will not receive furloughed pay. She was mandated to work 12-16 hour shifts 6-7 days a week because of staffing shortages but they say she didn't get Covid there even though she is exposed to multiple patients and staff who could have been vectors if they were not actively ill.
Please help if you can. The money will go toward the medical expenses and toward the hospital stay if she remains so ill. The doctors have done everything they can while she has been home, but she has not significantly improved. Her oxygen is in the high 80's most of the time and that is at rest. She is sleeping 14-18 hours of everyday. The fatigue is crippling and the coughing is weakening her ability to process air. I am so worried I will lose her and I just can't. I can't bury my daughter. For those friends locally, if you would like to drop off food donations those would be appreciated as well. Most food banks are drive up only. She is too sick to go and I do not have a car.
Thank you for taking the time to read about this precious person.
I am disabled and retired nurse myself and she makes sure her mom has everything she needs and that I feels loved and cared for every holiday even though she works midnights. She has driven to see me after her shift and I live in a different county than her. She takes me shopping every month. If I need anything at all, I know I can count her.
This year has been rough for everyone. This year Christina was diagnosed with Lupus and Rheumatoid arthritis. She has other health issues as well, but she is the first one to pick up shifts for coworkers. She also teaches at a local private school, St Thomas Aquinas. She is loved by her students and the faculty alike. I've never heard anyone speak a harsh word about her. She is kind and loving to everyone she meets. Her compassion seems limitless. She worked two jobs while working to earn her degree in public health and is close to obtaining her master's degree. She couldn't work any harder if she tried.
Now Christina is ill with Covid and it has hit her hard. She has been off work since Nov 24th and the medical bills are piling up as well as the lost work time. Her boyfriend also lost weeks of work time because he has direct exposure to Covid and was quarantined. She and I have been as careful as possible, always wearing our masks when she took me shopping. When she called me to tell me she tested positive, she was crying. She was scared to death she had exposed me and was worried I would die of Covid. Little did we know at that time it would be her who would become so ill. Though I was with her right before she became ill I remain fine. She called me one day and I wanted her to go to the emergency room because she has asthma like me and her oxygen was so low. She refused. I thought she was being stubborn like her mom, but that wasn't what it was. She was scared of accumulating more medical debt. She works in a hospital and cannot afford the copays and care she needs. She was in a car accident a few years back and the hospital aggressively pursued payments even though they were taking it right out of her paycheck. All her life she has been generous to others but now she needs help. She hasn't had an income and the hospital is stating the Covid was community acquired so she will not receive furloughed pay. She was mandated to work 12-16 hour shifts 6-7 days a week because of staffing shortages but they say she didn't get Covid there even though she is exposed to multiple patients and staff who could have been vectors if they were not actively ill.
Please help if you can. The money will go toward the medical expenses and toward the hospital stay if she remains so ill. The doctors have done everything they can while she has been home, but she has not significantly improved. Her oxygen is in the high 80's most of the time and that is at rest. She is sleeping 14-18 hours of everyday. The fatigue is crippling and the coughing is weakening her ability to process air. I am so worried I will lose her and I just can't. I can't bury my daughter. For those friends locally, if you would like to drop off food donations those would be appreciated as well. Most food banks are drive up only. She is too sick to go and I do not have a car.
Thank you for taking the time to read about this precious person.
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Charisse Savier
Organizer
Akron, OH