As I was reading a friend’s Facebook post about her family being sick with the flu, her words struck deep within me: “If you are healthy right now, revel in it.” I thought to myself, “Yes, what a gift it is to be healthy.” Besides having all my health challenges from Mitochondrial Disease, I have been fighting off a respiratory infection for 187 days...and as of a week ago, I now have at least two different bacteria throwing parties in my lungs.
My life seems to be a boring round of symptoms. Coughing and fevers continually wake me up at night. During the day, fevers constantly wax and wane; exhaustion often causes me to take numerous naps. Add in violent coughing spells, mucus clogging my trach tube, nebulizer treatments, muscle fatigue, headaches and just feeling like I am going to collapse from having no energy, and that is pretty much my day.
I try to feel compassion for folks when I see they are sick. But part of me is a bit envious. In a few days to a few weeks, these loved ones will be back on their feet again and will be feeling well again. I sigh. It’s been over six months since I first contracted a respiratory infection. The hope of ever being free from these infections seems to be slipping away. And if I ever do recover, I will still have Mitochondrial Disease and will always be at risk of contracting another respiratory infection. What a blessing it is to have one’s health.
During all this I have been praying...praying God will answer my prayers in a favorable way. I have been praying that despite my pulmonologist’s schedule being completely full, somehow, some way, I will be able to get an appointment to see her. God has moved many mountains in the past. Perhaps He will move another one very soon.
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