North Vegas Times

A 19-year-old from Las Vegas is learning to walk again after suffering from a COVID-19 vaccine injury.

Emma Burkey suffered a condition called "thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome." In other words, medical professionals discovered a blood clot in her brain after she received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Burkey has made major improvements. When she first emerged from her induced coma she could not speak or move, according to the Review-Journal.

“At the very beginning, when I was at the hospital, I couldn’t move literally anything,” Burkey said. “And my parents didn’t know that I was even there, that I wasn’t a vegetable until I stuck my tongue out.”

The teen now spends over five hours a day going to therapy to relearn how to walk and improve fine motor skills in her hands, the Review Journal reported.

“It’s not the prettiest thing you’ve ever seen,” she said regarding walking with a cane. “But I can do it. So, I’d rather be able to do it without those things."

The family is not relying on compensation for Emma's vaccine injury after a lawyer dropped their case, the Review-Journal reported. 

Nevada Attorney General candidate Sigal Chattah issued a statement on Twitter regarding the problem with vaccine mandates when there is no accountability for a vaccine injury.

"The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act shield vaccine manufacturers from liability in public health emergencies," Chattah said in the tweet. "See the problem with vaccine mandates? One side makes money and the other side takes the risk."

The Review Journal reported that Burkley was a senior in high school before falling ill. She volunteered at her church's nursery and was employed as a nanny. Burkey's number one priority now is being able to hold an infant again.

"There’s nothing like being able to hold a baby," Burkey said. "But I want to walk — just so that’s clear."