Trust God

No one likes to put their stuff out there, myself included. This quarantine has been rough, but in ways I would have never expected. I have had all my old tooth fillings go bad. That means teeth ground and filled. Then, an infected tooth. Today, at 8AM a Root Canal, and in the mean time went into anaphylactic shock due to an allergic reaction to an antibiotic. That, all in less than 3 weeks of this COVID19. That being said, this is gonna be short and sweet. Trust God!

I was blessed. I had just asked someone to come over and go for a walk with me. I had ingested 875 mg antibiotic approximately a half an hour before she arrived. When she arrived I felt light headed and a bit nauseous. So, I thought I would eat and feel better. Well, the next thing I know my palms of my hands started really itching and swelling. Then, my tongue and throat started swelling. Then, I felt like my head was shrinking and my feet started getting really hot and itchy. The next thing I knew I was covered in hives and looked like a tomato. (I did see what I would look like with lip injections--not bad.) However, I am grateful for a friend that literally saved my life. She took me past a Dollar General and gave me liquid Benadryl, she knew I'd have a hard time swallowing and rushed me to urgent care where they met me, and administered a shot and then another one. I was going to feel worse, but I would get better. I liked the get better part. I am a little over 36 hours from the onslaught from hell. But, I am on the other side and for that I am grateful. 

At my scariest point I was alone. My friend had left the room to get my husband and I relapsed. I yelled for the nurse that it was getting bad again and within minutes she came back with another injection and said, "I need to give you this." I said, "Can I wait and ask my husband?" She said, "No this is life or death I have to give it to you now." At that moment knowing I could go into cardiac arrest at best I just closed my eyes and cried out to my Jesus, and let her insert the needle. Was I scared? Yes. Was I alone? No, but I felt like I was. Feelings lie.

​God sent a friend to my house while I was alone at just the right moment. Med Express met me at the door masked and ready to get me into a private room. They kept me masked. They keep me safe. God had a team ready to save me.

ACTION STEP: It has been some of the roughest hours of my life, "But God." Thanking God I was in America not out of the country. Thanking God that I had medical help. Thanking God that I had people to take care of me. That I am alive. Life is fragile. Use it well. Take care of yourself. Trust people to help you. Listen to them. I argued about everything because I'm stubborn. I always think I can shake things off and then, I wait too long. Thank God that my friend, my Dentist, my husband and the healthcare workers over rode my stubbornness. Lesson learned. Trust God. Trust the people that love you. Trust that God has got you right in the middle of your crisis, because He does.