Olivia has suspected myocarditis and lung clots

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Please help Olivia who cannot work due to a blood clot in her lung, suspected myocarditis and suspected auto-immune disease.

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In late 2021 Olivia needed to get the Pfizer vaccine to keep her job. She is a very skilled large engine mechanic and services and delivers big machinery. She loved her job. She cannot afford not to have an income as she has rent to pay and children to feed and clothe.

Olivia went to a vaccination centre. She was not asked her medical history nor offered the chance for full informed consent. In my opinion they likely did not draw back first, because everything that happened thereafter strongly suggests that they vaccinated directly into a blood vessel.

Olivia felt immediate swelling in her tongue and throat, felt dizzy and developed a rapidly spreading rash. This was within seconds - minutes. She felt like vomitting and asked for help but was told that she would have to go to the toilets about 100 m away. No one accompanied Olivia. Olivia struggled to the toilets, went inside, closed the door and passed out.

When she was discovered and helped from the loo she was taken to hospital where she was diagnosed with an acute allergic reaction to a drug and sent home. A week later she returned to hospital with worsening chest pain and shortness of breath and was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung).

Olivia has since been discharged from hospital. Olivia can no longer work. She has run out of sick leave and ACC is yet to decide on her income compensation. My claim started 10th November 2021. ACC is allowed a maximum of 9 months to make a decision on a treatment injury claim.

Therefore, she and her children have been forced into near poverty having to survive on $199 per week for the foreseeable future to cover rent and food along with extensive medical costs.

And then to make matters worse, Olivia has also developed a suspected auto-immune disease and suspected myocarditis. She has near constant chest / heart pain and is short of breath on minimal exertion. She cannot climb a full flight of stairs and she cannot lift her child. She cannot even get enough breath to make herself a sandwich or cup of tea. Those simple activities make her completely breathless and give her intense chest pain. Myocarditis is not mild - 56 % of people die within 5 years of diagnosis and most require life-long cardiology follow-up.

Olivia has been unable to get an exemption for the second vaccine. Therefore, even if she recovers, she will be unable to return to her job - which by the way she has always loved.

So please help Olivia and her children.

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Use of funds

The money raised will go towards seeking expert cardiology help, an MRI scan of her heart, an echocardiogram and longer term cardiologist follow-up. These have to be done privately. The money will also help with food and rent until ACC hopefully accepts her claims. If ACC does not accept her claims the money will also be used for a lawyer to take her employer to court to seek costs of living whilst Olivia remains unwell.

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Olivia Remains Very Ill  16 February 2022

Olivia remains very unwell with chest pain and shortness of breath on minimal exertion, eg rising from a chair. She is still waiting to see a cardiologist and still waiting for ACC to process her claim. She remains on anticoagulant treatment for her pulmonary embolism and is hoping for a cardiac MRI to confirm her myocarditis. Obviously work is not an option but even if she eventually gets well she will be unable to return unless she receives her second vaccine and her booster.

Hopefully the government will remove those mandates. Olivia’s case is heartbreaking.

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Rayne
Rayne on 16 Feb 2022
$10
Philippa
Philippa on 17 Jan 2022
Kia kaha Olivia!
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Guest Donor on 08 Jan 2022
$100
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Guest Donor on 08 Jan 2022
Stay strong. Sending love & prayers for your health & recovery.
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Guest Donor on 07 Jan 2022
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This campaign started on 1 Jan 2022 and ended on 2 Apr 2022.