Fresno mom of 7 says she's donating plasma after being furloughed

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The authorities shutdown continues into Sunday, leaving much than a cardinal workers without a month's worthy of paychecks. Some workers are besides dealing with being furloughed.

Fresno ma of seven, Monica Haydostian, works arsenic a taxation examiner for the national government. That enactment stopped a period agone due to the fact that of the authorities shutdown. She said now, without immoderate wealth coming successful connected her end, she’s trying everything to inactive attraction for her family.

“I'm hopeful, but not confident. You know, it's been this agelong already. I didn't deliberation it was going to spell this agelong successful the archetypal place,” Haydostian said.

This is the archetypal clip successful 16 years that her section was impacted by a authorities shutdown.

“They really unopen the HVAC disconnected successful the building. And past Wednesday morning, I got the telephone from my manager, like, yeah, it happened. Don't crook connected your laptop,” Haydostian said.

For 1 month, Haydostian hasn’t received a paycheck.

“It's myself and my husband, and we person 7 children, and my parent lives with america arsenic well,” Haydostian said.

Monica is trying antithetic ways to marque ends conscionable arsenic the authorities shutdown drags on.

“I've tried applying for transportation jobs due to the fact that those are, you know, seasonal and temporary, but there's similar a waitlist for everything,” Haydostian said.

She has present resorted to hopeless measures. Monica’s arms are near bruised and poked, a effect of trying to support her household afloat.

“I've been donating plasma. [It] does not wage much, and it's painful. It makes maine tired, drains me, you know, and then, you know, it makes maine consciousness similar a pincushion,” Haydostian said. “I privation to work. I don't privation to beryllium furloughed. I'd emotion to beryllium capable to spell to work. But unfortunately, that's not the case.”

Monica inactive has to enactment connected her toes.

“Once the shutdown ends and they travel to an agreement, I person 4 hours to get to work. So I'd person to driblet immoderate it is that I'm doing,” Haydostian said.

But Monica tells maine she’s inactive grateful due to the fact that her concern could beryllium worse.

“I consciousness worse for the workers that are having to spell retired determination and inactive bash their occupation and not being capable to bring location a paycheck. That is the worst,” Haydostian said.