Melody Cooper - I'm Not Saying Goodbye Through an iPad

"Can I see him? That's all I want to do is see him." The doctor called Melody Cooper to tell her that her husband's body was beginning to shut down. Like many others whose family members got COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic, she was told she could not be at his side as he was dying. In a…

Title

Melody Cooper - I'm Not Saying Goodbye Through an iPad

Subject

Health
Family

Description

"Can I see him? That's all I want to do is see him." The doctor called Melody Cooper to tell her that her husband's body was beginning to shut down. Like many others whose family members got COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic, she was told she could not be at his side as he was dying. In a video excerpt, she describes this painful experience and her successful effort to make a last visit possible. Melody was interviewed in May of 2021.

Creator

Indiana Disability History Project

Publisher

Center for Health Equity at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

Date

05-26-2021

Contributor

Melody Cooper - interviewee
Jane Harlan-Simmons - interviewer
Peggy Holtz - videographer/editor

Rights

Copyright © 2022 The Trustees of Indiana University

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Moving Image

Identifier

186-mi-01

Access Rights

Open to all users

Bibliographic Citation

"Melody Cooper - I'm Not Saying Goodbye Through an iPad," YouTube video, 00:05:39, from an interview by the Indiana Disability History Project on May 26, 2021, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on April 29, 2022 https://youtu.be/9GS2gZn5DJE

Spatial Coverage

Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis

Temporal Coverage

2020 - 2021

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