Happy sounds still come from Mike and Shayna Daugherty’s home in the middle of shutdown hardships.

Mike has worked as an accountant for the Department of Defense for the last 15 years. He was protected in the last shutdown, but not this time.

Furlough hardship

What they're saying:

"My last paycheck was on October 10th, and it excluded the first few days of October because that was when the furlough started," said Mike. "It's been really difficult. I’ve had to take out some money for retirement to try to pay for it. We've also had a lot of extra costs happening here as the shutdown was happening and that's really made it even more difficult."

The day the shutdown started, the family was leaving the hospital with Garrett after an emergency tonsillectomy.

While they were headed home, a

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