A virtual city council meeting was held on Tuesday night as icy conditions in Corvallis saw city government buildings in a continued closure. Topics of the meeting included updated plans for renovations to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park in west Corvallis, testimonies of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia by community members and discussions of the.
communication. nothing to substantiate that you know what, this boy could have been put on the list, and what angers us even more is the fact that you know what? how do i know or how does he know that a heart hasn t come and gone? and the duress, okay, he s been in the media forefront pleading for his life, anderson. he was on your show pleading for his life, pleading to the governor. who in their right mind would subject a family member that is deathly ill to that level of scrutiny with the media and all if we knew he had coverage? so what do you think went on here, kim? what i think went on here? i think that someone needs to be held accountable. i m concerned with the fact that there are 90 plus other people in this state that are comparable to illness with douglas, if not worse.
i mean how you are cent is the transplant for you? it s urgent for me, anderson. i ll die. my condition is getting worse each day. well, doug s story and others touching off an outcry in arizona and across the country. here s where things got stranger. medicaid officials are now saying they will pay for doug s heart transplant and said they made the decision known last november 1st. doug and his family say no one told them and for more than three months they ve been in agony trying to find out how to save his life. january 31st, his sister call a call from arizona governor jan brewer s office saying a mistake may have been made about dropping him from the list. on the 3rd of this month after he appeared with other transplant patients she said the governor s office called again saying to expect a letter. the letter apologizes for miscommunication saying doug and kim should have been notified back in november that a phone cast was made. a call no one in doug s family ever got.
that s true, mr. cooper. how can that be? i don t know. it sounds like something that is bureaucratic, but i never received any information. did something in your condition change to suddenly make you eligible for heart transplant funding? no, i have the same condition, sir. at least to our knowledge, okay. on october 7th when he was denied transplant, it clearly indicated it was due to him having nonischemic cardio mying think. if their approval was founded on something other than that, once again, we were not notified, and as far as we know, douglas attends his physicians every month. he s being closely watched, and nothing has ever been disclosed that there has been a change in his condition. kim, the state is saying that they sent this notification to the doctors, and they say that
it s not something that just slips through the cracks. the family claims they sent such permission this afternoon but the e-mail got bounced back to them. i spoke with doug and kim earlier this evening. doug, last time we spoke you said your condition was getting worse every day. how are you doing now? it s the same. the same? yeah, i don t know if i ll wake up the next day, mr. cooper. you know, my dizziness, and i ve been in and out of the hospital. i was in the hospital last monday. they c.a.t. scanned my brain because i was in the mall it was just a lot of stress. yeah. douglas, in october, the state sent you a letter saying they re not going to pay for your heart transplant but they reversed that decision in november. you say you were never told about the reversal until this month, right? that s true, mr. cooper. how can that be? i don t know.