November 24, 2023
Pneumonia and Gratitude!
The end of October was supposed to be so exciting! Gym had an employee & family fall festival scheduled – I was super excited about that because three of my family members are also coworkers and the girls had planned their goodies and costumes. Our church had a Trunk or Treat – the first one Christina didn’t have classes on and was actually able to decorate her trunk (the back of the 4Runner). Two weekends after was to be a concert at our church I wanted to attend.
There was a stomach bug passing around in the local schools. I ended up with that and usually I don’t get sick, but that tossed me out. I was throwing up and had a really high fever. Our O people didn’t really get sick, or if they did, it was sniffles and no fever. (Louis is totally convinced that the blood type has a huge impact on how you are sick – after this last two rounds, I’m sure it has a factor.) Kimberly and I were down two days (one feeling horrid, and 24 hours after the last fever). It was fighting the fight of “stay hydrated” and “make sure I’m putting something in my stomach” when everything was coming back up!
Done, that cleared everyone. Got back to work (ended up missing all of the events, sadly).
I got it again! The following weekend the bug came back! I had a high fever and all the stomach issues Saturday morning, starting about two in the morning this time. It was faster to the finish (fever broke about 14 hours instead of fevers back and forth for a full day), but I was so worn out! Then I started feeling my lung. I was coughing and it hurt so bad to lift my arm. It felt like the pneumonia I’d had back in 2018. In brief, I’d ended up with “asthmatic allergic reaction to black mold” at the same time as pneumonia and it took about 4 doctor visits before I ended up in the hospital fighting that – I’d been told by the pulmonologist back then to be careful that it would be easier for an infection to turn into pneumonia.
I went to a clinic. Yes. Pneumonia, but the scan showed something really amazing!
**Back up about three months when we got our property** (Oh, yes, we are clearing land!!)…
I was out working, dragging limbs and clearing brush like the workhorse I remember being back when we had our farm. No getting winded after a little workout, no coughing, no stopping to make my body take deep breaths. I thanked God for healing my lungs! It felt so great! (back in 2018, I had been told the scarring on my lungs would probably not heal: “never be back to 100%”)
**Back to the story**
The doctor said the scan showed that the “secondary damage” was completely gone! (Scarring of my lungs) The tests showed full use of my left lung, the only reason the right was low was because of the pneumonia! I was so excited! Even though I already “knew” it was nice to be confirmed!
God is amazing!
I’m so grateful for the way He made our bodies so they heal with His touch! I can workout! (I had started trying to after Thea was born in 2019, but it was slow going and I’d feel my limit fast – I had to bicycle “slowly” and stop to take deep breaths to make my body stop “panicking”) I’d been doing slightly more in workouts in the last three or four months and had last used my inhaler just before Laud’s birth.
Thank you, Jesus, for healing my lungs! It’s so cool that two infections ending up with pneumonia cumulated with a confirmation that my lungs are healed! The doctor was like, “usually pneumonia is treated in the hospital if you are allergic to these antibiotics (yes, the two “outpatient” drugs I’m allergic to), but we can try two days of outpatient with these” (some “stronger” antibiotics that he warned were harder to control because they both cause dehydration & you have to keep eating probiotics because they “clean your gut out”)
Daily probiotic protein shake, check. It contains iron so had to be four hours after and before the every twelve hour pill.
Greek yogurt on the other twelve hour window, check.
Super focus on hydration, check. (When I’m fighting something, I log medicine, vitamins, liquid intake, and food intake because it helps me not forget to eat and drink.)
Managed to not go to the hospital this time, check!! – And I’m all done now. No coughing, nothing!
God, I am so thankful for Your healing!!
Thank You for the wisdom you gave the doctors. Thank You for the miraculous way You designed our bodies. Thank You for health and restoration in my body!
Thank you for reading,
Type at you later!
~Nancy Tart
