A VERY HAPPY DAY

Can you imagine not being able to drive for over a year? Not being able to brush your teeth, wash your hair, the dishes, go grocery shopping, cook a meal, or tie your shoes without being in complete torture on top of being very sick? Can you imagine suffering so much by degree that it crosses into what feels like the inhumane? Can you imagine hardly ever being able to leave your house, and that even being at church causes you to suffer?

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had a wonderful change in health! A few days ago I started driving again, skipping, walking, even ran a little bit. I went shopping for a dress with my daughter and was so incredibly happy to actually be able to do something like that. Suddenly, I have a spring in my step! And that doesn’t make me sick either. Last night, I could finally smile and laugh

~unrestrained by pain~

I never want to forget how amazing it felt NOT to be trudging through Costco the day before yesterday, wondering if I’ll make it through without having to sit down, go back to the car, or get wheeled to lay down in a health room while my youngest son finished the shopping. Instead, I was walking like I was FREE. Well, almost free. Still have some pressure in my head, brainfog and and cognitive difficulties. But the return of physical energy and the ability to do some athings that I haven’t been able to do for a very long time is making me SO happy!! So grateful for the gift of being able to convalesce and heal during treatment this time: the Gift of Emily.