Shirley Debruhl hadn't been in the same room with her daughter for 332 days before Wednesday. The coronavirus pandemic had kept the 82-year-old inside Rocky Mount Rehabilitation Center and apart from the outside world since last March.
CASES IN THE WORKS ALL DUE TO COVID-19 AT THE ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. BACK TO YOU. >>> THANKS. UPDATE TODAY ON THE EFFORT TO VACCINATE STAFF AND RESIDENTS IN LONG-TERM CARE. TODAY, DR. MANDY COHEN SAID VACCINATION TEAMS MADE ONE VISIT TO EACH FACILITY IN THE STATE. THE STATE OFFICE LATEST NUMBERS SHOW 84,500 PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FACILITIES TOOK THE FIRST SHOT. THAT NUMBER INCLUDES STAFF AND RESIDENTS COMBINED AND REPRESENTS MORE THAN 17 % OF THE PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY. THE NEXT TIME THOSE NUMBERS ARE UPDATED, A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER LIVING IN ROCKY MOUNT WILL COUNT AMONG THEM. SHE RECEIVED HER SECOND SHOT TODAY FROM A VERY SPECIAL PHARMACIST, HER DAUGHTER. THE TWO HAD NOT BEEN IN THE SAME ROOM FOR MONTHS. BRYAN MIMS SHOWS US THE RUSH OF EMOTIONS THAT CAME FROM A SHOT IN THE ARM. >> IS IT COLD OUT THERE? >> Reporter: FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, NANA LOOKS SO SNUG. FLIP PHONE IN HER HAND, BOJANGLES BISCUIT IN HER BELLY. SHIRLEY, THAT IS HER MAMA GIVEN NAME, AT 82 AND THE RECENT BIRTH OF HER FIRST GREAT- GRANDCHILD, ELEANOR, SHE IS RIGHTFULLY CHRISTENED NANA. SHE LIVES AT THE ROCKY MOUNT REHABILITATION CENTER. >> THE LAST TIME WE SAW MY MOM WAS MARCH 11th. SURE THEY HAVE SEEN HER THROUGH THE GLASS. TO HUG HER AND KISS HER CHEEK, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME. NANA WITH NARY A SYMPTOM GOT COVID HERSELF LAST YEAR. >> I WAS SO BLESSED, I NEVER KNEW I HAD IT. >> Reporter: HER DAUGHTER IS HERE NOW AS A PROFESSIONAL. >> THE COVID VACCINE ITSELF IS VERY HISTORIC. I'M SO HONORED AND PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS EFFORT. >> Reporter: SHE IS A CVS PHARMACIST IN DURHAM WHO WANTS TO SEE HER MAMA. >> PERSONAL MOMENT, IT HAS TO BE PROFESSIONAL FIRST. >> Reporter: HERE WE ARE AT THE WINDOW, HER SON AND SON-IN-LAW AND THE MAN BEHIND THE CAMERA. NOT LONG, HEARD DAUGHTER ENTERS THE RING. THE PREREQUISITE QUESTIONS. HAD TO ASK, IT IS PROCEDURE. SHE SWABS HER ARM. >> YOU HAVE A LITTLE MUSCLE. YAY! >> OF COURSE MY AUTOMATIC REACTION IS TO HUG HER. >> Reporter: ALAS, NO HUG ALLOWED. IF ONLY THE VACCINE COULD PAUSE TIME. >> SO GOOD TO BE THERE BUT NOT LONG ENOUGH. >> Reporter: TIME TO GO, WORK TO DO. >> I LOVE BOJANGLES BISCUITS. >> Reporter: FROM THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT, NANA EXTENDS HER I LOVE YOU. I WISH I COULD HUG YOU. WE WISH WE COULD TOO. BRYAN MIMS WITH WRAL NEWS. ROCKY MOUNT. >> DRIVE SAFELY. >> NANA WILL GET SO MANY HUGS VERY SOON. KAREN IS PART OF THE CVS IMMUNIZATION TEAM, THEY ARE
