'I made Joe a promise that I would keep on going. I keep on going. I love what I do.'
Cooper lives in assisted living on the city's east side, and as a Hoosier with a disability, she continues to work as an advocate for Arc of Indiana. But her world changed when COVID-19 hit the Hoosier State.
Then one day, she got the news over the phone:"Your husband and his roommates have tested positive for COVID." However, device wouldn't connect, so the nurse got permission for her to come in person to say goodbye. "I wanted to hold him. I just wanted to lay on his shoulder," says Cooper."He never did open up his eyes, but every once in a while, he would give me that, that, that arm."
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