This life, this pandemic pandemonium demands grit, grace, and gratitude. Grit, the stubborn refusal to be crushed or conquered by adversity, and the unquenchable intention to heal from, to grow through [it]. Grace, the extension of kindness to myself, my family and to others, no matter what our differences Gratitude, the most effective antidote for … Continue reading Grit, Grace, and Gratitude
Tag: COVID19
Timeline and Recovery: COVID19-like Illness
As someone who lives with a suppressed immune system, I want to share the timeline of my recent COVID19-like illness to educate and to equip you should you find your symptoms being dismissed as mild to moderate and instructed to ride it out at home unless you get worse. Quite candidly, unless we, the medically vulnerable, … Continue reading Timeline and Recovery: COVID19-like Illness
Symptoms, Swabs, and False Negatives: an Update
Symptoms, swabs, and false negatives led to my extroverted self being quarantined in our guest room for a few too many days at the end of March. On Tuesday 3/24, I developed a scratchy throat followed in short order by a temperature of 100.2F which scored me a ticket to get swabbed for COVID19. Three … Continue reading Symptoms, Swabs, and False Negatives: an Update
Vulnerability and a Globetrotting Virus
There is nothing quite like a globetrotting virus completely unknown to the human body and invisible to the naked eye to evoke feelings of exposure, vulnerability, uncertainty, anxiety, and fear of the unknown. Am I right, or am I am right? I know I am not alone in sitting with these feelings because I understand … Continue reading Vulnerability and a Globetrotting Virus
