AND
AND SEEN,
AND SEEN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM.
JENNIFER: WE ARE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT COVID-19 ALL THE TIME.
HOW IT IS SPREAD, HOW TO FIGHT
IT, IN THE EFFEXOR CAN HAVE A
WEEKS, EVEN MONTHS AFTER
RECOVERY.
RECOVERY.
RECOVERY. THERE IS A METRO ATLANTIC CLINIC
FOCUSED ON HELPING FORMER
PATIENTS GET THEIR HEALTH BACK
ON TRACK.
ON TRACK.
ON TRACK. REBECCA LINDSTROM SHOWS WHAT
LIFE IS LIKE FOR COVID
LONG-HAULERS.
LONG-HAULERS. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING
TO DO.
TO DO.
TO DO. REPORTER: CAROLINE WALLACE HAS
TWO LETTERS SAVED TO HER
COMPUTER.
COMPUTER.
COMPUTER. BRITAIN AS SHE STRUGGLED TO
BREATHE.
BREATHE.
BREATHE. >> BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW IF I
WAS GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE
DAY OR NOT.
SO IT HAS BEEN SCARY.
REPORTER: THEY ARE LETTERS FOR
HER TWO BOYS.
SAM AND MAX.
UPON MY DEATH.
EVEN THOUGH NOW SHE IS
TECHNICALLY COVID FREE, SHE
KEEPS THEM.
KEEPS THEM. >> I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO
GET ANY BETTER.
I LOOK FORWARD TO NIGHTTIME WHEN
I CAN SLEEP.
I HATE THE MORNINGS WHEN I HAVE
TO WAKE UP BECAUSE YOU ARE IN
PAIN.
PAIN.
PAIN. AND
PAIN. AND THAT IS NO WAY TO LIVE.
REPORTER: 11 MONTHS AFTER HER
DIAGNOSIS, THIS AVID RUNNER CAN
BARELY WALK UP A HILL.
>> ALL I WANT TO DO IS PUT MY
RUNNING SHOES ON AND GO FOR A
RUN AGAIN AND FEEL GOOD
AFTERWARDS.
AFTERWARDS. THAT RUNNERS HIDE.
THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO
FEEL.
FEEL.
FEEL. REPORTER: INSTEAD SHE IS
EXHAUSTED.
EXHAUSTED. TRYING TO TALK AND THE COUGH?
NEVER STOPS.
NEVER STOPS. SHE HAS SPENT THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS ON TESTS AND TREATMENT
THAT INSURANCE WOULD NOT COVER.
>> ONE PUTS ME ON THIS MEDICINE,
ANOTHER PUTS ME ON ANOTHER
MEDICINE AND I FEEL LIKE I AM A
PHARMACEUTICAL AT THE END OF THE
DAY, AND NOTHING IS REALLY
HELPING.
HELPING.
HELPING. I'M LOST.
I'M LOST.
I'M LOST. REPORTER: MEDICAL CHART SAYS
SHE'S FINE.
SHE'S FINE. AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR TOLD HER IT
IS ALL IN HER HEAD.
>> I FELT SO DISMISSED.
AND ALONE.
AND ALONE. AND CRAZY.
AND CRAZY. >> WHAT WE SEE WITH COVID.
REPORTER: JERMAINE JACKSON SEES
THE DEPTFORD -- THE DESPERATION
EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY. STUDIES OF THE PROBLEM.
75% OF PATIENTS CONTINUED TO
HAVE ONE COVID RELATED SYMPTOM
SIX MONTHS LATER.
AN ITALIAN STUDY FOUND A SIMILAR
TREND IN CHILDREN.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO
STRESS TO THE PATIENTS AND
REASSURE THEM THAT WHAT THEY ARE
EXPERIENCING ISRAEL.
EXPERIENCING ISRAEL. REPORTER: THE GOAL OF THE CLINIC
IS TO BUILD ONE PLAN OF PATIENT
CARE FROM PHYSICAL THERAPY TO
NEUROLOGY.
NEUROLOGY. >> WHAT DO YOU DO IF ALL OF THE
TESTS THAT YOU KNOW TO LEAN ON
TELLS YOU NOTHING IS WRONG?
>> WE ARE BUILDING THE PLANE AS
WE FLY IT.
WITH EACH PASSING DAY WE LEARN
MORE AND MORE.
REPORTER: DR. JACKSON SAYS
LONG-HAULERS ARE OFTEN YOUNG,
PERFECT HEALTHY, AND PHYSICALLY
FIT.
FIT.
FIT. MANY
FIT. MANY WERE NEVER ADMITTED TO THE
ICU FOR COVID, LET ALONE
INCUBATED.
INCUBATED. >> IT IS IMPORTANT WE DO NOT
ALLOW THEM TO FALL BY THE
WAYSIDE.
WAYSIDE.
WAYSIDE. THAT WE TREAT IT LIKE A CHRONIC
DISEASE.
DISEASE.
DISEASE. REPORTER: THEY SAY THEY TOO HAVE
OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
CREATING POST-COVID CARE UNITS.
DEADMAN REGIONAL EMPLOYEE COUNTY
HAS AN OUTPATIENT REHAB PROGRAM.
MOST HOSPITALS ARE LEAVING IT TO
THE INDIVIDUAL DOCTORS TO FIGURE
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>
OUT. >> MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN
PROVIDE A WAY TO BE PIONEERS FOR
THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT
THERE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO
START UP.
START UP.
START UP. REPORTER: WALLACE HOPES THE
PROGRAM STARTS SOON, AND EXTENDS
INTO RURAL AREAS TO REACH
EVERYONE IN MEET.
SHE SAYS AS LONG AS COVID
IMPACTS EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY.
LIKE HER SON'S GRADUATION FROM
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING, SHE WAS
IN BED MISERABLE.
>> I HAVE BEEN AN ABSENT PARENT
DURING SOME PRETTY COOL TIMES.
YEAH, THOSE LETTERS WILL STAY ON
MY COMPUTER UNTIL I GET BETTER.
REPORTER: WALLACE DID GET AN
APPOINTMENT WITH A CLINIC.
A FEW DAYS LATER, SHE CANCELED.
IN ANY MAIL, SHE EXPLAINED, I'VE
GIVEN UP HOPE.
I'M TRYING TO LEARN TO LIVE AND
WORK FULL-TIME IN A NEW WAY.
I JUST CAN'T KEEP UP THE FIGHT
AND COST OF IT.
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