Sara in Pennsylvania
03/16/22 • 80 min
Episode 18. Sara in Pennsylvania
In this episode, I will be talking with Sara in Pennsylvania. Sara and her family were exposed to H1N1 years ago and since then, they have been navigating complex medical auto immune issues. Because of this, Sara and her husband had their eye on the news when word of what we now call COVID19 first started popping up in Wuhan, China. Sara and her family decided to "close their doors" a few weeks before the United States, but she also acknowledged that with her family's immune compromised status, she may lose people she loved. Her parents got COVID in November of 2020 and her father passed away on December 2, 2020.
Sara is an amazing storyteller and she tell she family's story so beautifully. The love she has for her father shines through in each word. Sara also talks about the various medical issues her family faces now and the issues her father overcame during his life.
Information on Churg-Strauss syndrome, and if you'd like to make a donation in her father's name, his name is Andy Rotman-Zaid.
Information on POTS Syndrome
Right to Health Action
Information on Long COVID and a list of symptoms
People's Pandemic Prevention Plan
Yellow Heart Memorial
Sara mentioned on Rachel Maddow
COVID cross stitch memorial
Dysautonomia Foundation
For context on this interview and the ever-changing pandemic, we recorded this episode on December 27, 2021.
If you've lost a loved one to COVID and would like to share your story on the show, please send me an email. My email address is [email protected]. Or go to the website forthosewelostpodcast.com and click on contact button and you can reach me that way as well.
This show won't ever have a paid members area or episodes you have to pay to listen to, but there are expenses with hosting a podcast. If you would like to help, please support the show.
All episodes are written and produced by me and all music is used under the protection of fair use.
Our social media accounts can be found at:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube (work in progress for the captions)
Until next time!
Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Episode 18. Sara in Pennsylvania
In this episode, I will be talking with Sara in Pennsylvania. Sara and her family were exposed to H1N1 years ago and since then, they have been navigating complex medical auto immune issues. Because of this, Sara and her husband had their eye on the news when word of what we now call COVID19 first started popping up in Wuhan, China. Sara and her family decided to "close their doors" a few weeks before the United States, but she also acknowledged that with her family's immune compromised status, she may lose people she loved. Her parents got COVID in November of 2020 and her father passed away on December 2, 2020.
Sara is an amazing storyteller and she tell she family's story so beautifully. The love she has for her father shines through in each word. Sara also talks about the various medical issues her family faces now and the issues her father overcame during his life.
Information on Churg-Strauss syndrome, and if you'd like to make a donation in her father's name, his name is Andy Rotman-Zaid.
Information on POTS Syndrome
Right to Health Action
Information on Long COVID and a list of symptoms
People's Pandemic Prevention Plan
Yellow Heart Memorial
Sara mentioned on Rachel Maddow
COVID cross stitch memorial
Dysautonomia Foundation
For context on this interview and the ever-changing pandemic, we recorded this episode on December 27, 2021.
If you've lost a loved one to COVID and would like to share your story on the show, please send me an email. My email address is [email protected]. Or go to the website forthosewelostpodcast.com and click on contact button and you can reach me that way as well.
This show won't ever have a paid members area or episodes you have to pay to listen to, but there are expenses with hosting a podcast. If you would like to help, please support the show.
All episodes are written and produced by me and all music is used under the protection of fair use.
Our social media accounts can be found at:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube (work in progress for the captions)
Until next time!
Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
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Lisa in Nashville
Episode 17. Lisa in Nashville
In this episode, I will be talking with Lisa in Nashville. She relocated to Nashville from New York City in late 2019 to help her dad as he recovered from a serious illness. Lisa lived in New York City on and off for over 10 years to be near her significant other, Ben. Ben was a MTA train conductor in New York City transit authority for 22 years and he passed away of COVID on April 28, 2020, just a day after his birthday. Ben was also just one of two Orthodox Jewish subway conductors in the MTA system. He was an active member of his Brooklyn community, his Jewish community and the world of train memorabilia and knowledge.
As Lisa tells their story, you understand their relationship, why she was in Nashville and how their devotion to the Jewish faith influenced the decisions they both made and how Lisa is working through Ben's loss. Like many of us, she and Ben were not together when he died.
For context on this interview and the ever-changing pandemic, we recorded this episode on December 2, 2021.
Below are just some of the online articles on Ben and the other MTA workers who have passed away. One memorial website includes a poem called Travels Far by Tracy K. Smith. It goes like this:
What you gave—
brief tokens of regard,
soft words uttered
barely heard,
the smile glimpsed
from a passing car.
Through stations
and years, through
the veined chambers
of a stranger’s heart—
what you gave
travels far.
Here is a link to that poem: https://new.mta.info/covid-memorial
Here is a selection of the news articles about Ben.
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-veteran-mta-conductor-dies-20200429-ipwcbpl5lbc35htae7klbb4gta-story.html
https://brooklynreporter.com/2020/04/mta-conductor-ben-schaeffer-dies-from-covid-19/
http://www.twulocal100.org/story/conductor-ben-schaeffer-be-honored-ny-transit-museum-historical-program-tue
If you've lost a loved one to COVID and would like to share your story on the show, please send me an email. My email address is [email protected]. Or go to the website forthosewelostpodcast.com and click on contact button and you can reach me that way as well.
This show won't ever have a paid members area or episodes you have to pay to listen to, but there are expenses with hosting a podcast. If you would like to help, please support the show.
All episodes are written and produced by me and all music is used under the protection of fair use.
Our social media accounts can be found at:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube (work in progress for the captions)
Until next time!
Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
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Jerri in West Virginia
Episode 19. Jerri in West Virginia
In this episode, I talk with Jerri in West Virginia. Jerri lost her husband, James, to COVID pneumonia on January 1, 2021 and just six weeks later she lost her mother-in-law also to COVID. Jerri has two girls and they lost their dad and their grandma within six week of each other. Jerri's husband James was a retired marine and was a police officer in their small town and her story of how the police honored James is moving. As Jerri says, James was a home town hero and everybody knew him. Even the people he'd arrested sent their condolences.
Jerri became active in the COVID advocacy community with COVID survivors for Change. She was also featured on Yahoo news, CBS news and the Stolen Goodbyes podcast. Currently, Jerri is an admin of a COVID young widows FB group so if you listen to this episode and you are a young COVID widow, Jerri can help. Finally, I've included a link to the Comfort Zone grief camp her girls attended last summer.
Jerri on Yahoo News
Jerri on MSN
Jerri on CBS News WRGB Albany
Jerri's Stolen Goodbyes podcast episode
The Young Widows and Widowers of COVID-19 Facebook group
Comfort Zone Camp
For context on this interview and the ever-changing pandemic, we recorded this episode on December 30, 2021. Just a couple of days before the one year anniversary of James's passing.
If you've lost a loved one to COVID and would like to share your story on the show, please send me an email. My email address is [email protected]. Or go to the website forthosewelostpodcast.com and click on contact button and you can reach me that way as well.
This show won't ever have a paid members area or episodes you have to pay to listen to, but there are expenses with hosting a podcast. If you would like to help, please support the show.
All episodes are written and produced by me and all music is used under the protection of fair use.
Our social media accounts can be found at:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube (work in progress for the captions)
Until next time!
Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
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