Life has defining moments. Moments that you will never forget. Moments that changes your life forever.
This day last year I was on bed rest, unable to sleep, unable to eat because every inch of my body was in so much pain I was throwing up... completely unaware of how I close I was to not waking up tomorrow. You could say that was a defining moment.
Ten months ago, I had a home care nurse. I gave myself 12 IVs a day. I learned to appreciate a real shower as opposed to "sponge baths." I learned to hate the smell of hand sanitizer lingering with the chill of 32 degree antibiotics entering my blood stream on grey winter mornings. One might consider that a moment you will never forget.
Nine months ago, I received a late evening phone call while sitting in a hospice center informing me that my blood test was normal. I was able to tell my Grandmother: "I am going to be okay" an hour before she passed. That was a moment that changed my life forever.
This has undoubtedly been the most challenging 12 months of my life. I am lucky to be alive. That is the greatest lesson I could ever learn.
A couple of surgeries, and a lot of physical therapy later I am starting back to work on Monday.
This was something I never thought I would be able to do again. My biggest complaint is that I have to buy a new wardrobe because after 50 lbs of surgery weight my size zero wardrobe doesn't fit, winning patient of the year didn't include an assigned parking spot, and I have to wake up at 5 am tomorrow. Sure I can't ride a bike, push a lawn mower, tease the top of my hair, or play tennis. I am extremely clumsy in heels, and I have a LONG way to go to make a full recovery.
But tomorrow is a defining moment. It is the end of a chapter of my life... and I have never felt more blessed.
Cheers to Tomorrow!
Elle
This day last year I was on bed rest, unable to sleep, unable to eat because every inch of my body was in so much pain I was throwing up... completely unaware of how I close I was to not waking up tomorrow. You could say that was a defining moment.
Ten months ago, I had a home care nurse. I gave myself 12 IVs a day. I learned to appreciate a real shower as opposed to "sponge baths." I learned to hate the smell of hand sanitizer lingering with the chill of 32 degree antibiotics entering my blood stream on grey winter mornings. One might consider that a moment you will never forget.
Nine months ago, I received a late evening phone call while sitting in a hospice center informing me that my blood test was normal. I was able to tell my Grandmother: "I am going to be okay" an hour before she passed. That was a moment that changed my life forever.
This has undoubtedly been the most challenging 12 months of my life. I am lucky to be alive. That is the greatest lesson I could ever learn.
A couple of surgeries, and a lot of physical therapy later I am starting back to work on Monday.
This was something I never thought I would be able to do again. My biggest complaint is that I have to buy a new wardrobe because after 50 lbs of surgery weight my size zero wardrobe doesn't fit, winning patient of the year didn't include an assigned parking spot, and I have to wake up at 5 am tomorrow. Sure I can't ride a bike, push a lawn mower, tease the top of my hair, or play tennis. I am extremely clumsy in heels, and I have a LONG way to go to make a full recovery.
But tomorrow is a defining moment. It is the end of a chapter of my life... and I have never felt more blessed.
Cheers to Tomorrow!
Elle
