I have pushed and pushed this winter, having first taken ill in December prior to Rob and my anniversary escape to Taos, NM. After walking out in the bitter cold about Taos, my nearly recovered, I thought, cold turned into raging Bronchitis. I made it through Christmas, struggling, and took the students to Winter Retreat at BABR, with fever raging. I muddled through, barely getting anything out of it, except that they loved it, and it was good for them. For me, sick as I was (even though the doctor had cleared me to go, saying I was "on the mend"), it was the lift of spirits I needed to keep going.
This has laid me low. It has caused my "mystery illness" to rage full flare. I have no energy. I cant smell. The cough just does not want to go away. The doctor says, with my immune dysregulation, I was just a day or two away from a long hospital stay when I turned the corner. The recovery will be long and slow. I hate this. I give it all to this work out here in the desert both with the Native youth and Clockwork Cross. Now I am forced to care for me, nearly bedridden, for a bit until this health flare passes. The lingering results, I am not sure how long till they pass.If your like me, suffering chronic pain or mystery illnesses, hang in there. I am praying for all of us.
If your not suffering, pray for us and be here for us, thanks!
~ Michelle
