CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County leaders are pleading with the federal government Thursday to hopefully help one of their own who is stuck in Jamaica without life-saving medication.

Trinette Britt-Johnson is chief of staff to Rich Township Supervisor Calvin Jordan.

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In 2024, Britt-Johnson was the recipient of a successful kidney transplant after being diagnosed with a rare kidney disease years earlier.

Officials say Britt-Johnson's trip to Jamaica a week ago for vacation was the first time she was allowed to really travel due to doctor's orders.

Britt-Johnson is currently stuck in Montego Bay after Hurricane Melissa hit, and is without critical medicine that supports kidney function.

Officials say, without her medication, her body w

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