Action4Canada - February 28, 2024


37 Year Old Mom Paralyzed by Moderna COVID-19 Booster Shot, Offered MAID 2X!

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vaccine injury and health challenges
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Tanya Gaw
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Kayla Pfizer Moderna
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Kayla Pollack grew up in rural Ontario. She would endure unspeakable abuse at the hands of her biological parents as an infant, but with the love and support of her foster parents, she would grow up to be a caring and loving mother, an educational assistant, and a talented animal trainer. When the pandemic hit and the MDCVD19 vaccines were mandated in 2021, Kayla rolled up her sleeve and received two of the Pfizer injections with no issue. It was her decision to get the third Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in January of 2022 that would drastically change her life forever.

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00:00:00.800 Kayla Pollack had many challenges in her early years growing up in rural Ontario.
00:00:05.920 She would endure unspeakable abuse at the hands of her biological parents as an infant.
00:00:11.520 But with the love and support of her foster parents, Kayla would grow up to be a caring
00:00:16.400 and loving mother, an educational assistant, and a talented animal trainer. Life was good for Kayla.
00:00:23.680 When the pandemic hit and the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were available and eventually mandated in 2021,
00:00:32.080 Kayla rolled up her sleeve and received two of the Pfizer injections, with no issue.
00:00:38.240 It was her decision to get the third Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in January of 2022 that would
00:00:44.720 drastically change her life forever. The Canadian Independent travelled to Bradford, Ontario,
00:00:51.200 to speak with Kayla about her life living with a severe vaccine injury and the challenges she
00:00:57.680 faces as a quadriplegic in a failing health system. Thank you Kayla for being with us today. Before we
00:01:06.240 begin, could you tell us what your life was like before your vaccine injury? My life was really
00:01:11.760 involved with a lot of animals. I worked at zoos and sanctuaries and worked with lions, monkeys,
00:01:19.440 large parrots and had a really exotic lifestyle at home as well. And I was also really, really active.
00:01:29.280 I trained service dogs and guide dogs and did a lot of hiking. And of course, first and foremost,
00:01:37.760 I was a mom. So I ended up quitting with all the big animals for safety reasons. And I ended up working
00:01:46.560 at my son's school. So for the past four years before this happened, I had been working at my son's
00:01:53.760 school as a casual EA. Could you tell us why you decided to get the COVID-19 vaccine?
00:02:04.080 One of the reasons I got the COVID-19 vaccine originally, and it was quite a debate about what we
00:02:10.960 do. I basically, a lot of it had to do with the things I was hearing on TV. So there was a lot of
00:02:20.720 fear just being screamed at me by not just the TV, but also like, you know, when you hear like the WHO
00:02:30.640 is on TV telling you that this is like a deadly pandemic and, you know, people with immune disorders
00:02:36.720 are gonna, you know, die from COVID-19 more likely than other people. You know, I was hearing about
00:02:44.000 that. And my dad was dying in long-term care at the time. In order to go see him, I needed the shots.
00:02:50.880 In order to go to work, I needed the shots. So I received two Pfizer's and then a Moderna.
00:02:56.480 I had no issues with the first two vaccines, which were the Pfizer's. And it wasn't until the Moderna shot,
00:03:03.360 the booster that I began having problems. A week after receiving her third mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in
00:03:12.160 January of 2022, Kayla fell to the floor, paralyzed for 30 minutes, unable to move her legs. A second
00:03:20.880 episode occurred a week later, which prompted Kayla to make an appointment with a neurologist through her
00:03:26.400 family doctor. On the morning of February 22, 2022, before she could see the neurologist, Kayla would
00:03:34.560 wake to find that she was paralyzed from the neck down. Kayla relives this day. I opened my eyes that
00:03:44.240 morning. And as soon as I opened my eyes, I realized, oh, it's time to get up. You got to get, you know,
00:03:52.400 get up and get going, get your coffee in you. It's time to go to school. And I went to get up and I
00:03:57.680 couldn't move from the neck down. And that's when I was put on a stretcher and taken to Southlake
00:04:04.560 Regional Health Center. And that's when the events at Southlake started. When I first arrived,
00:04:15.200 originally the, an ER doctor did come in to examine me. And then he took away the, uh, the back,
00:04:22.320 the backboard. So I'm like, okay, this is good because that means I'm not paralyzed.
00:04:27.600 And he told me that, um, this was something that often happens to people when they're upset
00:04:34.960 and that I essentially, this was in my head. And the good news was that I would get better
00:04:41.920 because I was essentially having an episode that was some sort of psychotic episode.
00:04:49.440 And that, um, I'd never had any history of anything like that before, but he was telling
00:04:55.520 me this. So I thought this was wonderful news. I asked him when I would get better. And he said,
00:05:00.560 you know, it, it, it's up to you really. Um, I'm going to have the psychiatrist, uh, come and see you.
00:05:07.520 So he ordered a site consult and he left me there. They left me there for the entire day.
00:05:13.520 Um, so originally that was the, uh, the first diagnosis. The second diagnosis, a doctor came
00:05:20.880 to me and he whispered in my ear and he said, I think there's something seriously wrong with you.
00:05:25.120 I do not think you're faking. And, um, he said, I have a neurologist or a radiologist who's willing
00:05:32.160 to read your report at home. If you go into the scanner right now, I can get that done.
00:05:37.920 And I said, absolutely, because I don't think I'm crazy either. There's something really wrong with
00:05:42.960 me. I am not faking this. And so I had the MRI scan, the radiologist read the report and they found
00:05:51.280 a massive lesion on my spine that went basically right from the tailbone of my spine up. And it was
00:06:00.320 just like half an inch away from my breathing. Had I received the MRI, um, first I could be walking
00:06:10.400 today because the treatment, uh, is very time specific. And, uh, it wasn't until the next day
00:06:16.720 that I even saw the, uh, um, the neurologist to looked at my MRI and, and told me that I had
00:06:25.760 transverse mellitus. I was starting to suspect this was vaccine related. And so, um, when my boyfriend
00:06:35.200 arrived at the hospital, anytime a doctor came in, I told him to record everything
00:06:40.240 because I knew that, uh, this made sense. This had started right after my vaccines. It made sense
00:06:47.520 with the paralysis in my legs. It made sense with the diagnosis. They had to rule out MS. They had to
00:06:54.320 rule out cancer. They had to rule out infection. And, uh, that's when the doctor told me that, uh,
00:07:00.560 he was sure that this was caused by the vaccine and he'd seen many, many different, uh, vaccine
00:07:06.960 injuries that were just like mine.
00:07:08.800 Basically, it's a tumor that has to be removed. That's likely, right? That's likely to work.
00:07:21.040 Right. What's the cancer work that way? Well, it means the CTHS abdomen problems,
00:07:26.240 just to make sure there's no other areas of malignancy. Okay. So that's what that is,
00:07:30.640 but most likely it's going to be probably, if I'm using my gut impression here, from the vaccine.
00:07:35.920 So other people have had it? Many. Many? Many.
00:07:52.160 Many. Many. Many. Many. Many. Many. Many. Many. Many. Many. Many. Many. Many. Many. Many. Many.
00:08:02.160 Kayla would spend the next several months in the hospital and rehabilitation center. 0.69
00:08:07.520 According to Kayla, staff counselors at Southlake Hospital offered medical assistance in dying on
00:08:13.840 two separate occasions as an option to ending her life. Kayla considered it but declined after some
00:08:20.960 consideration. Kayla describes some of the challenges she faces on a daily basis.
00:08:28.320 As far as my condition today, um, I have no feeling in my hands. So I can't tell if something's hot or
00:08:36.720 cold. So not allowed to use the oven or the stove because I have burnt myself. I have no feeling on the
00:08:44.320 back of my arms. I have no triceps, which is the muscle that you need. Like a paraplegic, for instance,
00:08:49.920 someone in a wheelchair, you often see them pushing their self up out of their wheelchair and transferring
00:08:55.600 somewhere else. Um, I don't have the ability to do that. Rehab didn't do a whole lot. Um, I was sent home
00:09:03.840 from rehab. I was told that I'd be getting a lot of personal support hours. And I got home from rehab and,
00:09:11.040 uh, for, uh, four days straight, nobody came. Um, so I had to have a friend take four days off work
00:09:19.920 and, uh, you know, to deal with that. But, um, I have no bowel or bladder function. So, um, it has to be
00:09:29.840 manually extracted by a person. Um, so people don't think of that when they think of someone who's paralyzed,
00:09:37.200 they just think, you know, your legs don't work and that's your life. But, um, it's really changed my
00:09:43.680 life and it's not good.
00:09:45.520 Every single morning when I wake up, I always dream that I am able-bodied in my dreams. And I wake up
00:09:58.800 and I realize that this is not a dream, that I am paralyzed. And it's worse than waking up on February
00:10:09.360 22nd back then because at least I had hope back then that this, that I wasn't going to be paralyzed.
00:10:17.200 Um, so that's the first thing. And then I realized I'm alone and, uh, that I can't move
00:10:26.560 and there's nothing I can do about it. I can't reach my meds. I can't get, uh,
00:10:35.440 the things I need without turning or which I can't do. I can't roll. So I stare at the ceiling
00:10:43.120 and I pray that the worker's going to show up that day. There's not going to be an emergency or
00:10:49.040 cancellation because in that case, there's nobody to come and help me. There's nobody to come and get me
00:10:54.720 up. There's, there's nothing I can do. I am fully dependent on other people that there's a shortage of
00:11:04.480 in Ontario. Getting the care that is needed to simply exist has proven extremely difficult for
00:11:12.080 Kayla. The government funded organization, home and community care support services granted only five
00:11:19.120 of the maximum 21 hours allowed for a personal support worker. After another organization
00:11:24.880 advocated for Kayla, she eventually received a total of 10 hours. It is important to note that Kayla
00:11:30.960 lives alone and cannot dress herself or get out of bed without this support. The Canadian independent
00:11:37.120 reached out to the HCCSS, but they declined to comment. Kayla applied a second time to the vaccine
00:11:45.520 injury support program as her first application, according to the program staff was never received.
00:11:52.000 Kayla was only recently assigned a caseworker almost two years from the date she was hospitalized.
00:11:58.320 Kayla's caseworker was unable to comment on the status of her application.
00:12:04.640 Kayla has lost everything, her home, time with her son, her mobility and her freedom. Although every day is a
00:12:13.280 struggle, she is hopeful and especially grateful for non-profit organizations like Veterans for Freedom.
00:12:20.560 First, I just want to thank the Canadian Independent for taking on this story as the mainstream media
00:12:29.040 isn't taking on stories like this. And secondly, I need to give a big thank you to Veterans for Freedom.
00:12:37.520 Um, they are a non-profit organization who reached out to me. Um, they're a group of veterans and they've
00:12:44.960 really made me feel like part of their family. So, um, that's, uh, that was a big thing for me.
00:12:51.600 So, thank you to both of you. Thank you, Kayla.
00:13:07.520 Thank you.