A Dusting of the Cobwebs: Pneumonia...

A Dusting of the Cobwebs....

welcome to my blog!
...allow me a brief introduction...

In a reacent conversation with my daughter, her questions were why I, and her Dad were so quiet about our lifes? Meaning writing or telling about our own personal historys.

I didn't think there was anything important to write about. As I was just a normal person, getting up in the morning and getting the day started, getting kids off to school, or meeting schedules of the whole family, cleaning house, and landry. Keeping little ones busy, and changing diapers, comming home fixing dinner, helping with homework, putting kids to bed, watch some news, go to bed. And then do it all over again the next day. Then some days was teaching lessons in Primary, RS, MIA, Sundayschool, cub scouts, or helping at schools, ect. Family home evening, Visiting teaching, and even some Home teaching and being the family schaefer. most of the time we had one car, 6 kids, one working husband. Oh yes, the multi years of music lessons, and baseball teams, coaching, and even one major jumproap champion, for one daughter.

We had trials too. some were very hard, just thinking about a single memory of losing our son, brings tears. But we are told that this life is to meet trials, and how we handle them will be for our own eternal growth.

A very wise Stake President, President Alred, once said "We are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity. We will work by the sweat of our brow, to work our way through this life... But remember we are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity."

So, I welcome you to my blog. Please feel free to stay and go as you please, and wander where you wish. And, as always, feel comfortable in sharing those stories that you may feel are just "an every day" thing as well...

Feb 3, 2018

Pneumonia...

Jan 25 2018

Not a nice way to start out the new year... I thought I had a bad cold, and was glad it was not the flue, as the flue is real bad this year. About fifty folks have died so far... adults and children.

I have had a very hard time breathing. I have asma, and now COPD. After about a week and half, I went to see the doctor as I had a rattle in my chest that was not going away. She told me I had Pneumonia..That combination does not help to breath.... Dr Rebecca wanted to put me in the hospital, I said if I behaved myself could I just stay home... she gave me a prescription to help to get over it.

One Sunday morning I when I woke up I realized I was panting for breath. I couldn't breath very well. I called Bro. Grua, my neighbor, to see if he could give me a Priesthood blessing. He did so, and by afternoon I was breathing almost normal.

Two weeks later I still had a rattle in my chest, I called the Dr. office, they suggested I come in and see the Dr as soon as I could, which they had a opening on Monday. However it was with Levi the other Dr as Rebecca, my Dr was not working on Mondays. I was told I still had Pneumonia. He gave me a new antibiotic...I had reaction to it...My good foot, swelled up and became extremely painful, to the point that I could hardly put any pressure on it to walk. I asked each of my children to keep me in their prayers, as I really needed help. I soon received a phone call from Marilyn Grua, She and her husband was outside my front door, they came to give me a blessing. leaning over a walking cart to help me take pressure off my foot, I opened the front door, surprised and grateful to see them. One of my kids, Jennifer, in Arizona, had called them... Bro. Grua gave me another Priesthood blessing, by the early afternoon the next day, I was walking on my foot. Pain had eased enough for me to walk, and kept getting better.

I stopped taking the meds, called the Dr. office and reported my reaction. Dr Levi ordered another new antibiotic. I took three pills, and had another reaction, this time my throat burned badly, with gas coming up and down. I stopped taking it after 3 pills. even drinking plain water the next day burned my throat all the way down. I don't need the newest up to date meds. the old ones that work without problems, work just fine for me.

I have had Pneumonia for six weeks... I will be so glad when I am well, and very thankful for the power of the Priesthood, and that its not the flue.

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A Dusting of the Cobwebs