In 2018, I contracted H1N1. One week later, after 3 visits to the ER,  I was admitted to the ICU with sepsis, double pneumonia, and ARDS. I spent 3 weeks on a ventilator with a 10% chance of survival. Much of that time I was in a medically-induced coma. During

Sunday, November 27th 2022… as the sun was to rise on another of God’s days, our sweet and loving Andrew, gently closed his eyes to this earthly life, and went on his eternal reward of everlasting peace and rest. At just the young age of 23, he had touched so

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