C was very sick with a lung infection and blood clots. Physicians prescribed C with three live-saving medications.
"I am on disability and live on a fixed income," C says. "These three prescriptions totaled almost $2,000. There was no way that I could continue to take them and my breathing continued to worsen."
C tried several different ways to get the medications, but she could still not afford them. "I am not a person to ask for help," C says. "I called the office and asked to talk to [my physician's] nurse. I talked with Kayla on the phone and I asked if there was something else I could take as I could not afford the medications."
Spaulding reviewed the medications to look for any substitutions to help C.
"I started crying telling Kayla how much I live on a month and how much the medications cost," C says. "She spent two hours trying to find ways for me to afford them calling me back every little bit with questions."
Spaulding asked C if she had heard of CMH's 403B Drug Pricing Program that helps people with limited incomes receive discounts on drugs purchased for use by CMH outpatients. C qualified for the program and helped her complete and submit the paperwork.
"I 100 percent believe that had it not been for Kayla I would be dead now as I could not afford the medications I needed to survive and breathe," C says.
"Kayla is a true DAISY Nurse," says C. "I gave her a hug when I picked up the paper for the medications. She will forever be in my heart."
"In my eyes, I owe my life to her because she literally saved my life. I feel she went above and way beyond to help me to do a simple thing as breathe, but it is what I needed."