THIS PAST SUMMER I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH RIGHT EAR CELLULITIS. IT WAS THE MOST PAINFUL THING I’VE EVER GONE THROUGH IN MY LIFE. MY WHOLE HEAD FELT LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE. VERY FEW PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO EVEN TOUCH IT PER ME OF COURSE. BUT I ALSO LEARNED MANY LESSON WHILE I HAD MY STAY.
LESSON 1; DON’T TAKE MY FAMILY FOR GRANTED.
WHEN I WENT TO MY FAMILY DOCTOR AND HE IMMEDIATELY SENT ME TO THE HOSPITAL I WAS NOT ABLE TO SAY GOOD BYE TO MY CHILDREN BEFORE I WENT IN AND THERE WERE SIGNS POSTED THATSAID, NO CHILDREN ALLOWED. IT WAS GOOD TO TALK TO THEM ON THE PHONE BUT NOTHING LIKE GIVING A HUG. THE HARDEST TIMES WERE WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THEM AND THEY WOULD BEGIN TO CRY, I’D CRY INSIDE TOO.
LESSON 2: FORGIVENESS
I GOT ALONG WITH ALL MY NURSES EXCEPT ONE OF THEM WE DID NOT HIT IT OFF. I FELT MY NEEDS WERE NOT BEING MET AND SHE HAD BEEN HAVING A DIFFICULT NIGHT. THE LAST STRAW WAS SHE DROPPED MY WATER CUP AND THE NURSE STATED,”I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL THIS NIGHT IS OVER.” MY HEART WAS CHANGING. ABOUT 2 AM SHE CAME IN TO CHANGE MY IV. I TOLD HER,”I’M SORRY” IN RETURN SHE SAID THE SAME. I HAD HER 2 MORE NIGHT AND WE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS. TWO LITTLE WORDS CAN MAKE A HUGE CHANGE IN A RELATIONSHIP.
LESSON 3: REPENTANCE
SOUNDS FUNNY BUT I HAD AN INCISSION AND DRAINAGE PROCEDURE WHILE I WAS THERE TO GET RID OF MOST OF THE INFECTION. IT WAS THE MOST PAINFUL THING I’VE EVER FELT, I SCREAMED AND CRIED . AT ONE POINTY THE DOCTOR SAID, “THIS WILL MAKE YOUR EAR PRESSURE GO DOWN.” IT WAS AMAZING THAT NIGHT I WAS ABLE TO SLEEP BETTER THAN I HAD IN A WEEK. THE SAVIOR WENT THROUGH GREAT PAIN BUT IN THE END HE MADE IT BETTER. A WEAK COMPARASION .
LAST WEEK I HAD SURGERY FOR THE CYSTE BY MY EAR. THE DOCTOR SAID IT HAD ABOUT A 3/4 INCH SAC. IT MUST HAVE INCREASED IN SIZE BY AT LEAST 50% LAST SUMMER. I FEEL MUCH BETTER AND DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING CELLULITIS THERE AGAIN.