KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lexy Love is a painter.
"I kind of incorporate like what we're going through," she said of her painting.
She calls her latest creation "The Struggle."
"Because these last two nights are literally the most hardest nights for anyone," she explained.
It's because Love and her husband, who goes by Cuntree, are homeless. He suffers from nerve damage after getting frostbite two years ago.
With our temperatures dipping into the single digits, he now fears the worst.
"It's always a thought of not making it the next day," he said.
The nonprofit Street Medicine Kansas City told 41 Action News two homeless people died over the weekend. One passed away in Independence, while another died in Kansas City. The health department confirmed it's investigating a potential exposure death.
"This is sad but true — we know that this is going to happen," Street Medicine Director Jae Edgar Bennett said of the fatalities.
He believes he knew the two victims but added it's hard to say since so many don't go by their real names. Bennett said packed shelters and mental health issues often keep the homeless out in the elements and in danger.
"It's a life and death situation each day now," Bennett said of the freezing temperatures.
Love and her husband were staying in a hotel Tuesday night, but eventually, they'll go back outside to face the struggle of freezing nights again.
"It scares me, it really does," Love said.
Street Medicine made the rounds at homeless encampments Tuesday night with a nurse and physician to treat people with frostbite and other injuries from the cold.
