The daughter said she called in a nurse and bought two generators to get the air conditioning running, but that hasn't been enough to revive her 89-year-old mother.
Sunday, July 14, 2024 1:34AMRelatives of an 89-year-old northeast Houston woman say she passed out from heat exhaustion days after losing electricity.That was on Wednesday. Shaw said she called in a nurse and bought two generators to get the air conditioning running, but that hasn't been enough to revive her mother.
"She's blind in one eye. She can't see out the other one barely. She has to maneuver around to get to the bathroom," Rubit said. "It's very uncomfortable. I don't have no money to go to the hotel motel, Holiday Inn. I don't have that. I don't have any money," Rubit said.
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