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EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Shawn Skelton, the Oakland City woman who went viral with Facebook claims that a COVID-19 vaccine caused her uncontrollable shaking and tongue spasms, is home from the hospital.
Saying she was discharged from Deaconess Orthopedic Neuroscience Hospital with body shaking that doesn't stop and still no answers, Skelton said Tuesday she doesn't know what lies ahead. She said an MRI, CT scan and blood cultures failed to produce anything.
"I have no hope so far," she said. "I'm praying a lot."
Doctors at the neuroscience hospital at Deaconess Gateway told Skelton her problem is likely stress-related, said her fiance, Rich Vidiella.
"They want her to just live a healthier life, and that hopefully this goes away," Vidiella said. "(They said) if you deal with stress long enough in your life and you don’t figure out how to relieve it, your body will figure out the shortest way for it to come out — and if it’s either a stroke or a heart attack in your life, or this."
Vidiella said he and Skelton will talk to "other health professionals that have reached out" in search of other opinions.
Skelton got responses from all over the world with Facebook posts and videos illustrating her condition and placing the blame squarely on the Moderna vaccine. The original post has drawn 55,000 comments. It had been shared 187,000 times as of 6 p.m. Tuesday.