An enterprising Texas woman says she found a way to save her father, whose condition was worsening after being hospitalized for COVID-19, by sneaking him small bags of ivermectin—which at the time were prohibited in most hospitals—through the inside components of a laptop computer.
Amy Williams, 50, a resident of Bellevue, told the Epoch Times that she had no choice but to employ the cloak and dagger maneuver shortly after her then 78-year-old father was admitted to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in December 2021.
She said it became evident that he wasn’t responding to the conventional treatments.
“I knew his condition was worsening, but this one night I was talking to him and he starting to talk about dying,” said Mrs. Williams. “I knew I couldn’t just sit here and let my father die. I needed to do something and that whatever they were doing wasn’t working so I stayed up all night long trying to come up with a plan.”
Mrs. Williams says she had studied ivermectin, a drug which had been deployed successfully against some of the world’s most devastating diseases, including SARS-CoV-2. Further, she had read about other people afflicted with COVID-19 responding positively to the drug and, given her father’s deteriorating state, figured she had nothing to lose.
“I had done extensive research and knew it was safe and how long it had been around,” she said.
Contraband Medicine
In 2021, patients were prohibited from taking ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19. Mrs. Williams says her first impulse was to just bring the medication to her ailing father, but due to hospital regulations she was prevented from visiting him, with the only contact allowed through the phone.“I was going to hide in his clothes or food, but they wouldn’t let me take clothes to him or anything that couldn’t be wiped down,” said Mrs. Williams. “I’m a law-abiding citizen. I have a life. I have a job. And I have my Dad. I didn’t want to be in trouble but I was desperate. That is when I thought of the old computer.”
Mrs. Williams said she lifted her computer’s keyboard, then placed four small bags inside, each with four pills, before replacing the keyboard back on the computer. After feeling she had done a good job sealing the keyboard to the computer with the pills inside, she went to deliver it to the hospital under the hope that staff would allow the contraband medication to find its way to her father.
“I was praying, please God, please let the computer stay together until it got to him,” she said.
The next day, her prayers would be answered, according to Mrs. Williams.
“They wiped it down and said they'd make sure he got it,” said Mrs. Williams. “They took it to his room having no idea they were personally delivering to him the drug that would ultimately save his life.”
Mrs. Williams called her father’s improvement after taking the drug “remarkable.”
“He began to improve almost right away,” she added. “The doctors told us he was supposed to be on oxygen the rest of his life and they were just shocked when just a few weeks later he was completely off it.”
Reversing FDA Propaganda
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, a practitioner and founder of Coalition of Health Freedom, told The Epoch Times that unfortunately, Mrs. Williams’ experience mirrors that of “countless” others.“Her experience is not unique,” said Dr. Bowden. “I have heard countless stories of family members sneaking in ivermectin to family members in hospitals during the pandemic. And sadly, when that wasn’t possible, many had to sue the hospital and doctors to try to get the medicine.”
As part of the agreement, the agency agreed to remove a page that said: “Should I take ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19? No.” An Aug. 21, 2021, post on X (formerly Twitter)—in which the FDA wrote: ”You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously y'all. Stop it"—also had to be removed.
However, Dr. Bowden says that despite the legal victory, the nation is still coping after years of misinformation spread about ivermectin, largely coming from the government agency.
“This is largely thanks to the FDA issuing illegal directives to the public to not take ivermectin for COVID. And though we won our lawsuit and they agreed to remove the directives, we still have three years of propaganda to reverse. Even today I had a pharmacist refuse to fill a prescription I wrote for ivermectin.”
For Mrs. Williams, whose father has since recovered to “nearly 100 percent,” the scenario provided a valuable example in the need for independent research ahead of trust.
“I knew I was fighting for my Dad’s life so I wasn’t about to defer my judgment to anyone,” said Mrs. Williams. “I think there always needs to be some pushback and to second guess what the medical community says.”
“I would have been willing to go to jail for my Dad—but I’m also very glad it didn’t come to that.”
