I have been through many tough times over the period of my 59 years on this Earth. Being married for 33 years, we have seen our ups and downs. 2019 was a really challenging health year for me and that is probably the time I realized I was stronger than I thought. In December of 2019 I contracted a real bad case of the Covid and was in the hospital for 11 days. I lost 31 pounds in that time period and got to a point where I had double pneumonia in both lungs and the struggle was real. I got so tired and wore out that I could have given up and died.
I laid in that bed and heard them announce code blues and code purples where people were dying on my wing. They would shut the door so we could not see them wheel the dead out of the wing. I think 5 people died that week on my wing and at times I thought I may be number 6. I prayed and went to bed and my prayer was this. Lord, I am so tired and I want to go home. I am going to sleep and either way I am going home to the house or going to heaven.
The next morning I felt a little better and actually ate one of the meals they brought me. The next day 9, I was even better and could sit up and they took the breathing machine off of me. On day 10, I was up walking the hallways and it was a struggle but I pushed myself. On day 11, they sent me home to rest and recover. My wife had not seen me for 11 days and couldn’t believe I had dropped so much weight so fast. I went home, rested, walked, done my breathing treatments and follow-up therapy and within a few weeks I was back to normal mostly.
Unfortunately, the double infection took a toll on my lungs and messed my breathing up especially when it is really hot or really cold outside. I get spells of dryness that can last for a day or so and it impacts my breathing. I will say had I not fought for the opportunity to go home, I would be dead right now. I would not have made it out. I was stronger than the thoughts of just give up the struggle. I was stronger to want to see my wife and kids again. I was stronger to go back to school in January and see my students in class.
I was stronger than the prognosis the doctors gave me. Now it is 2026 and things are pretty good other than the occasional breathing issues. In life you will face things like covid, cancer, automobile accidents, accidents, falls, wrecks, relationship issues, mental illness, anxiety, and many other things. These can and will break you if you are not mentally, physically and spiritually strong. To believe in something is important. That close call with death made me a stronger person. It made me fight!
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