Photo caption: Paula Davis, left, speaks with Einat DeLong,PsyD, of St. Luke’s Penn Foundation
Paula Davis of Allentown is a wife, a mom and a retired long-term substitute teacher. She raised four children while her husband served in the military. But after a series of traumatic events and a bout with COVID, Paula became a shell of the woman she used to be – without even realizing it.
“My oldest son was killed in a car accident, and my niece died 18 months later,” the 66-year-old said. “Several years later, I lost my brother and my dog right after the pandemic shut the world down. And then I got COVID, which resulted in severe gastrointestinal issues. But I just plowed through because that’s what was expected.”…