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  • 'I'm slowly dying': Couple stuck in Texas for over a year can't afford plane tickets home to Australia

    05/02/2021 11:44:55 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 40 replies
    KSBW ^ | May 1, 2021 | Jocelyn Brumbaugh
    Andre and Melissa Rivenell flew from Australia to Texas in 2019 to spend time with family. Advertisement More than a year later, they've spent their life savings and are still trying to get back home. In December, Andre had a stroke and was diagnosed with a disease that doctors think might be ALS. Since then, his health has declined and he's not able to walk, eat or bathe on his own. The couple now stays in a camper in Melissa's mother's backyard. Their initial flight home in March 2020 was canceled. Then, Andre said his disability assistance was cut off...