Rebecca Allen lays in bed with her hands in this position to feel more secure on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in her home on Hopkins Ave. in Mount Pleasant, Mich. Allen was an art teacher at Aabizikaabrin School on the Saginaw Chippewa Reserve for 12 years before becoming ill and unable to work. "I have drawing books to write down my ideas, in hopes that I will be able to do art again," said Allen.

Rebecca Allen, right, laughs with her care giver, Olivia Kirk, right, in her bedroom on Hopkins Ave. in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Sunday, October 28, 2018. Kirk has a list of chores that Allen gives her to do each time she comes over. These chores usually consist of cleaning and preparing food.

Amber Chapman, right, helps Rebecca Allen, left, put on her shoe before doing physical therapy at her home on Hopkins Ave. in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Sunday, November 18, 2018. Allen tries to stand at the kitchen sink every day for at least a few minutes while one of her care givers are present.

Rebecca Allen, right, performs physical therapy with her care giver, Amber Chapman, left, in her home on Hopkins Ave. in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Sunday, November 18, 2018. "I try to do at least 50 minutes of physical therapy a day, but it's a good day when I get through it all," said Allen.

Pill bottles on the counter in Rebecca Allen's kitchen on Hopkins Ave. in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Allen has to take over a dozen pills a day to control the lasting symptoms of her Lyme disease.

Amber Chapman, left, massages Rebecca Allen's, right, leg to help with circulation in her room on Hopkins Ave. in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Sunday, November 18, 2018. "It feels like my legs are sleeping," said Allen. "They are tingling all the time."

Rebecca Allen waits in her kitchen for her care giver to come make her a meal in her home on Hopkins Ave. in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Sunday, October 28, 2018. Allen has been paralyzed from the waist down since 2005, when she was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease after 14 years.