On the morning of April 14,2000, I called 911 for assistance. I told the operator that my Grace needed help. The operator wanted to know Grace’s age. I told her she might be 6 or 7. After asking a few more questions, the operator ascertained that Grace was my cat

My battle with ARDS took place when I was pregnant in 2016. In March, I was about 28 weeks along and came down with what I thought was a cold virus. It was that time of year and I had called my OBGYN’s office (their words were, we don’t deal

Like my fellow survivors and their loved ones, ARDS came from out of left field for me. In early March 2023, on the cusp of turning 35 years old, I went to the local emergency room with a dermatological cyst. It was small and they started me on antibiotics. Two

I was one of the early swine flu victims at age 48 back in late 2009, that progressed to viral pneumonia and severe ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome). It all started with what seemed like a cold, that led to me phoning in sick to work on Friday 27 November

The night of October 11th, I put my son to bed after a delicious ice cream dinner following a dog walk and fishing expedition out of his tree house.  He had a cough for a few days, running some low grade fevers, but was eating, drinking, playing, pooping.  The morning of October

On October 4th 2019 Mindy Basis contracted what seemed to be the FLU at the time. 10 days later her conditioned continued to deteriorate landing her in ICU. At the hospital it was discovered that she had double pneumonia in both lungs and her condition was critical. After several days