From Cellulitis to the Corona Virus
A new year starts and just my luck I end up in the emergency room on Jan 1st. That is how my 2020 started.
I woke up on New Years Eve with my face swollen on the left side. I was thinking oh great this really sucks to be feeling like this, and my 2019 is going to end up with someone being upset because I may have to go to the hospital because I wasn’t feeling good at all. My nephew saw me and asked if I was ok. I told him, “I really don’t feel good at all.”
I was at my sister’s house who panics if she has to go near a hospital. So I tried to make myself feel better. It didn’t work at all. By the time midnight had rolled around I felt even worse. Slept as well as possible, but not much sleep at all because I was in so much pain and whatever I took did not ease the pain.
So on Jan 1 I called my other sister, who works in a hospital and asked if she could take me to find out what is going on. I don’t Like hospitals but I will go if I have to.
So me and my sister headed to the hospital. I called mama to let her know . I also called my special friend Matt Harris to let him know what was going on. I left a message and Matt called back while I was getting a CT scan. I had to get a CT scan because my face was swollen. So my sister was the one to tell Matt what was going on.
It turns out the problem was I have Cellulitis. You ask how did you get that? I got it due to a broken tooth. The tooth broke so far that my gums got infected. So now I know not to wait on going to the dentist.
They fixed me up and sent me on my way. I was given pain killers and Antibiotics. I was so glad to be leaving after the torture they put me through. I will spare you the details.
So 2020 has been a test of my faith. I felt all alone and don’t know why. I know the Lord was with me and has answered all my prayers. God provided all the funds for the dentist. I did not have to pay a big dental bill.I have dental insurence but it doesn’t cover everything. I had to have a couple of wisdom teeth and another tooth remove and some other stuff done. The Lord provided a way.
I think way too much when i’m alone and i’ve spent too much time alone. Feeling the loneliness of an empty nester and this stay home order unless you really have to get out for something. I stayed home as long as possible.
The first time I left is after being home for 3 months. I was about to go stair crazy. I went to see my family for a couple of days. Did what I was told to do. Wear your mask and stay 6 feet away from everyone and wash your hands. I did all of that. I also traveled to California to see my God Children. I was fine. Now I am still doing everything to stay healthy. I decided to spend some more time with my family because there was so much stuff going on in my family. I thought I was going to lose my mother. I have never been so scared in my life. That phone call I got very early in the morning got me up and walking the floor. Praying for my mama to be ok. It turns out that she tested positive for Covid-19 and not a stroke like I was told. Also my step dad tested positive as well. Now my parents recover and then my brother ends up in a bad automobile accident. We almost lost him. When I found out he was in ICU on a vent. More praying and lots of tears. Not much sleep. So dealing with my brother being in the hospital for 2 months. That was hard and stressful on us as you can imagine. I went to sit with my brother for a day to help out and try to keep my sister in-law from not getting so stressed out. The way I was treated at the hospital when I showed up to be with my brother. The staff went into a panic. I had to convince them that I was more than capable of taking care of myself. They freaked out enough to where they were wanting my daughter to stay. Knowing that only one visiter a day. So while I was with my brother I did not ask for any kind of assistance from them. They made me so angry. Thinking that blind people can’t take care of themselves. So when I needed to ffind my way to the bathroom or the elevator I used Be My Eyes to find my way around. What is Be My Eyes? It is a service that provides sighted assistance for blind people. It works all around the world that can handle it’s software. You can use it on a smart phone and the app is really easy to use. I really wished I could have seen the looks from the staff when I found my way around without asking them for help. So with all the prayers being answered my brother got out of the hospital and is able to finish all his therapy at home.
So now I am thinking all is good and I am so praising God because he bought my brother back to us. So now after everything settles down. The morning I am coming home I wake up not feeling good at my sister’s house. This is the sister who gets in a panic if you even mention hospitals. So I just didn’t say anything about not feeling good at all. I came home and at something and took a shower and fell asleep until 7 the next morning. Mind you this I fell asleep at 5 the previous evening. I knew something was wrong, but wasn’t sure. I thought it was my sinuses and asthma acting up. The weather was being weird. When the weather changes like that I have issues. So after a few days go by I am not getting better at all. My daughter calls me and says I am coming to hang out. Had to tell her I am not feeling good. I also ask her to take me to urgent care if I am not feeling good in a couple of days. So on Monday afternoon my friend Matt calls and we are just having our talk and goofing off with each other. We have a special bond and have been friends for 4 years now. Our bond took a little time to form, because I don’t trust to easily. But that is for a different post. Matt did tease me about getting a little Corona. So after laughing with him and I was in better spirits. I started to get a little nervous when I could not smell the hand soap after washing my hands. So I took a shower and still couldn’t smell anything. I called my daughter to ask can you please take me to Urgent Care because I can not smell anything. We get there and had to wait for a while. The whole time while I was waiting I was praying. So the nurse came and ask the usual stuff. So the nurse did the test on me. The doctor came in and did not talk to me. He kept talking to my daughter like she was the patient. The nurse was very nice. It turns out that the nurse was my next door neighbor. So I got the news about testing positive or rather my daughter did. I really didn’t care for that doctor at all.
So now I am home and it is bad. Trust me you don’t want this virus at all. It felt like the flu amplified a hundred times. I know it is different for everyone. I have never been so isolated in my life. I was sick and could not go very long without a breathing treatment at all. Really couldn’t eat because if I did couldn’t taste anything and if I ate something to heavy I tossed my cookies. Sorry don’t mean to groce anyone out, but that is what happened. somedays were different and somedays were very hard on me. There were times all I did is drink water and chicken broth and ate a little bit of fruit. I am so glad to be over that nasty pestilance. I think that is what the Corona Virus is and we are living in the final days. I think we need to be in the Word more and trying to get the gospel out there. People need to know and we have all the available highways to carry out the great Commission. In Matthew 2818:19:20
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
This is the great commission. So we must do our part to get the gospel out there and make sure as many as possible will receive the gospel. We need to try and try because the day will come where no man can work. So now you know how my 2020 has been. If you read this let me know all about your 2020 This year has been interesting.
KEEP THE FAITH 