Alice is Disabled

Alice suffers from degenerative disc disease, cervical stenosis, chronic sciatica, polymyalgia rheumatica, shingles, ulnar nerve entrapment, rheumatoid arthritis and neuropathy, and lives in great pain. When she leaves her house for events that involve standing or sitting for lengthy periods, she must do so in a wheelchair. In this photo, Alice was at the Central Missouri Renaissance Festival a few years ago, something she loved doing in historical costumes, although she could only attend in her wheelchair. Alice also has Severe Gluten Intolerance, and cannot eat most normal food without experiencing severe abdominal pain.

Deteriorating Health in Jail

Alice’s health deteriorated quickly during her week of confinement. Her rheumatoid arthritis kept her in constant pain and she wasn’t given the same medications that had been prescribed by her outside physician. Alice slept on a hard slab with a thin foam mattress which inflamed her spine and neck. Her food allergies made most jail food indigestible. Her autoimmune issues made Covid-19 a serious health risk during her incarceration.

In 2019, Alice had surgery on he neck because steroid injections were no longer effective and the pain had become unbearable She now has titanium implants in her neck. She lives every day in pain.