East Texas woman learns to walk again after suffering long-term health effects of COVID-19
24-year-old Uyria Kemp is still experiencing long-term effects of COVID-19 â months after testing positive.
Covid Long Term Effects By Julian Esparza | December 16, 2020 at 5:43 PM CST - Updated December 17 at 1:09 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Itâs been just over two months since KLTV last talked with 24-year-old Uyria Kemp from her hospital bed. She was there for weeks while experiencing severe, long term effects that she says all stemmed from her COVID-19 diagnosis in early August.
âThey diagnosed me with Transverse Myelitis, which was a complication from having COVID and it pretty much is an inflammation of the spinal cord, which it can cause all kinds of issues,â Kemp said.