I got a message on the arm and a leg hotline right after we started this season, season 19,

named for COVID-19.

The message came from a woman in Florida who said she was COVID positive and it sounded like

she was in trouble. She had passed the worst without checking into a hospital, but it was scary.

I was able to, I'm so sorry, I was able to kind of battle it through at home on my own, but at one point I was afraid I was going to die in bed alone in my apartment because I was

was allowed to come over and take care of me.

I was afraid I was going to die and that I wouldn't have the energy to call 911

if it got that bad.

Even now that the worst was over physically, she had another problem on her hands. Being sick meant missing weeks of work and pay.

So as of right now, I'm in a financial bind and I'm stuck. My landlord is kind of beaten down my door every day, trying to get me to pay rent, and my short-term disability isn't going to be approved until I can go see a physician in person, which I can't

do because of quarantine.

And on top of all of that, I just got a phone call from a hospital that I stayed in over a year ago.

It would last January.

And they're not covering any of it.

So I owe over $2,000 for that

that they told me about now

and they're making daily collections calls

even though I told them about my financial situation.

I hope my short-term disability gets approved, but if it doesn't, I don't

know what I'm going to do. And honestly, I didn't know what to do. Like, I didn't know what

resources I could point Caitlin to.

A few weeks later I found a couple things I thought might help and I sent her a message.

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