predni-zone

a few of my past blogs have been about being sick.

it's been one heck of a winter- with an acute kidney infection followed by an intense sinus infection which lasted 4 weeks, followed by pertussis which has lasted another 6 weeks.

last week i went into the doc and got my fourth prescription of antibiotics and a prescription of prednizone.

i wish i could feel like i do taking prednizone, all the time.

even though i have still been sick, the energy has been amazing.

i feel younger. my joints don't hurt. i can sit indian style again.

i'm alert and think ahead, and i have a crazy appetite.

i have avoided this drug for years. and while i will still avoid using it long term,

it has been a blessing of relief.

i just hope that when i'm weened off in the next couple of days, that i don't go back to wheezing.

last night i laid down to sleep for the first time in weeks.

i've spent a lot of nights on the recliner or propped up in bed.

but what a wonderful time to get well.

Easter. spring. new life. ressurection.

i feel such gratitude for breathing and moving.

we never know when our complaints and plans and worries about getting things done, or money, or stress will come to a screeching halt.

not by getting everything we think we need or want, but by illness.

or something like it.

i wish so much that i could keep in this frame of mind.

grateful for everything.

smelling again. feeling the sun. tasting my food. scrubbing the floor.

i even got to watch my chicken drop an egg today -hahaha! wish i'd had my camera.

♫ you don't know what you got till it's gone ♫

thanks to my friends and loved ones who have been praying for me and thinking of me.

God bless you with good health and a grateful heart.

love, gigi