SHE'S STUCK IN BED AND IN
NEED OF PHYSICAL
REHABILITATION.
(ANITA)
IT ALL STARTED WITH A
THYROID PROBLEM THAT
ESSENTIALLY MADE HER
IMMOBILE.
AND HER INSURANCE COMPANY
IS GIVING HER A LOT OF
PUSHBACK ON WHAT SHE
NEEDS.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S ANDY
FOX HAS A LOOK AT THE
PROBLEM-- AND A POSSIBLE
SOLUTION.
(ANDY FOX REPORTING)
REJECTED FROM REHAB
WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE
IS REALITY:
A CHESAPEAKE FAMILY AND
HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA.
TIME TICKS BY, 29 YEAR
OLD CHAREA ARMSTRONG
STARES
AT THE CEILING.. AT TV
TRAPPED IN HER BODY AS
TIME TICKS
SHE'S IN THERE. SHE'S
THINKING. HOPEFUL
((I HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE
AND I WANT TO BE
POSITIVE ABOUT MY
SITUATION AND HOPE FOR
THE BEST))
(TIME CLOCK SOUND)
CHAREA-GOOD JOB AUTO
CLAIMS ADJUSTER FOR
PROGRESSIVE
ON VACATION NEW ORLEANS
WHEN TRAGEDY STRUCK MARCH
20, 2018.
((I HAD CALLED AN UBER TO
GO TO THE AIRPORT TO
TAKE A FLIGHT HOME))
((I COLLAPSED AND DON'T
REMEMBER ANYTHING AFTER
THAT))
((I COLLAPSED AND DON'T
REMEMBER ANYTHING AFTER
THAT))
WHEN CHAREA WOKE UP SHE
WAS IN HOSPITAL ON A
VENTILATOR, EXPECTED TO
DIE, IT WAS DISCONNECTED,
BUT SHE LIVED.
(( I ASKED IF I COUDL
WALK AND THEY SAID NO YOU
CAN'T
I SAID WHAT DO YOU MEAN I
WOKE UP AND I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED)
CHAREA SUFFEREED AN
ATTACK FROM AN UNTREATED
OVERACTIVE THYROYD, WENT
MINUTES. BRAIN DAMAGE
CAUSING MOBILITY ISSUES
SHE CAN'T
WALK AND HAS LIMITED ARM
MOVEMENT, BUT SHE IS NOT
PARALYZED
(( CRYING..I'M SORRY.))
SILENCE. TONNICA WIPES
EYES
)
HER AUNT TONNICA
ARMSTRONG-AN ANGEL
REALLY.
PAID $6,000 TO FLY CHAREA
BACK TO TONNICA'S
CHESAPEAKE HOME
((SHE HAD A GREAT ZEST
FOR LIFE AND SHE IS
CRYING
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SO
DIFFICULT FOR HER TO GET
ASSISTANCE AND TO HAVE A
PLACE))
CHAREA HAS LIVED IN
TONNICA'S LIVING ROOM
SINCE AUGUST BECAUSE NO
SKILLED REHABILITATION OR
NURSING CENTER WILL TAKE
HER EVENTHOUGH THEY PAY
$800 A MONTH FOR COBRA
INSURANCE AND SHE'S ON
MEDICAID.
((WITH THE INSURANCE
COMPANIES HOW IS SHE
SUPPOSE TO GET BETTER IF
NO ONE IS WILLING TO HELP
HER. ))
TONNICA'S FIGHTING A
SYSTEM THAT IS FIGHTING
BACK AGAINST HER.
THERE'S A BUMP
((THAT IS A LIST OF ALL
ALL SAID NO YES
SHE GETS THE RUN AROUND,
DEAD ENDS, TRANSFERRED
CALLS, FRUSTRATION.
((THEY SAY SHE DOESNT
QUALIFY FOR SKILLED
REHABILIATION BECAUSE HER
ORIGINIALLY))
SO TONNICA CALLED 10 ON
YOUR SIDE AND WE STARTED
WORKING THE PHONE.
((SKILLED REHAB, MORE
PHYSICAL THERAPY MORE
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY))
WE CALLED LAKE TAYLOR
TRANSITONAL CARE
HOSPITAL, AND
TWO CASE WORKERS ARE NOW
EVALUATING CHAREA.
(NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE ANY
ANSWERS SO NOW WE ARE
STARTING TO GET ANSWERS
THANKS TO 10 ON YOUR
SIDE)
RUNS: 05
FUCNTIONING COMIGN IN SHE
CAN STRAIGHTEN AND
BEND HER ARMS AND LIFT
HER ARM MOVE HER GINERS )
WHILE WE WERE THERE ON
MONDAY, AN EVMS DOCTOR
AND STUDENT CAME BY. THEY
LOOKED AT HER ARMS, HER
HANDS, HER LEGS
((AND GET PHSYICAL
THERAPY AND GET THE
THERPAY I NEED. THE
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. AND
THE HELP THAT I NEED."
REHABILITATION TEAM AT
EVMS HOPING SHE WILL BE
ACCEPTED IN THEIR SKILLED
REHABILITATION FACILITY))
(TAG)
SO HOPEFUL NEWS THAT
CHAREA WILL GET THE REHAB
SHE NEEDS.
AFTER ALL SHE WAS SUPPOSE
TO DIE, BUT LIVES.
TOLD SHE WOULD NEVER
TALK, BUT TALKS INDEED,
AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY SHE
WALKS AGAIN-
I'M ANDY FOX 10 ON YOUR
SIDE.