Today I found out that a life long friend of mine when in for a simple surgery. Total time she should have been in the hospital was only 4 hours. She is now in a medically induced coma for the next 2 weeks. Several months ago she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and began having trouble with maintaining a healthy oxygen level. I am very saddened to hear this news. I have many fond memories of us growing up together. Every one of them is happy. She is a beautiful person and I pray for her to have a quick and speedy recovery.
Last month my oldest sister died from complications of diabetes. She would be turning 61 this coming Sunday. Out of 4 girls in my family I am the only one living.
These recent events have caused me to reflect upon my own life and my own health. For as long as I can remember I've always been blessed with good health. I had your standard childhood diseases like chicken pox, scarletina, ear infections,etc... I've also broken my share of bones and had to have stitches due to careless childhood mishaps. But I've always been, for the most part healthy.
At my age(39) I'm learning of more and more friends that suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. I have been so lucky even with being overweight that I haven't developed any of those diseases and I'm certainly in the "at risk" category as there are several family members that suffer from these various ailments.
I realize God has truly blessed me my whole life with good health. He has always wanted me to be healthy. I see that now. I still don't know why, but I feel that I would be most ungrateful if I let His gift of health go to waste. I guess in the end these events have solidified my decision and strengthened my commitment to achieve better health and to get this extra weight off. He has a plan for me and I do believe that in order for me to fulfill it I have to be at peak health.
I am so grateful today to God for giving me such a wonderful gift. Without good health I wouldn't be able to care for my loved ones.
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