It is hard to believe my YouTube channel is almost two years old. I
have a hard time imaging what my life was like without the community and
support I have from my channel. As I make videos from week to week, I
try to answer people’s questions and make content which is useful. I
have no barometer of my success.
As the months have rolled by,
people have contacted me. Their loved one with a tracheostomy tube
passed away. I cannot tell you the gut-wrenching heart-ache I feel when I
read this news. Tears often stream down my face. I wish there was
something I could do for the grieving family.
Today, I received a
message from someone about their mother passing away. She came home in
December on hospice with a tracheostomy tube. The family member stated
how my videos helped as they learned how to care for a
tracheostomy tube.
My mind paused reading these words. My videos
helped someone. Wow! I could never have imagined that. I could never
have dreamed two years ago that I would have the ability to help
families as they go through various medical challenges.
For many
years, I asked God why did I not die in 2008 when a massive ovarian cyst
ruptured sending me into sepsis with organ failure. Why did God let me
live through so many nightmares and medical disasters? My questions to
God remained unanswered. And here I am, in overtime as I should have
died in 2008, and suddenly my life is bringing aid and assistance to
countless people around the world. I feel so humbled and unworthy of
such a feat. When I thought my whole world ended the day I had to drop
out of medical school, instead, it seems I was just in training. I was
gathering and gaining knowledge to launch a new chapter of my life.
To all those who have passed away and their families, thank you for allowing me to be your friend. It has meant the world to me.
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