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I FEEL KINDA SICK (part 3)

It was Friday night, 9pm, and my heart and lung alarms went off for the second time. My sister Brenda and Aunt Julie who were gathered around me aborted their conversation mid-sentence. Brenda looked helplessly at the red flashing on the screens above me and then at me. There was nothing she could do but wait for the CCU nurse to come tearing into the room with emergency protocol, just as he had done…

New Jersey

I FEEL KINDA SICK (part 2)

When last we left things, I was in the Critical Care Unit in a New Jersey hospital having been diagnosed with Legionnaires Disease. I had been admitted Sunday, and by Tuesday evening I was not making much progress. Because of the severe congestion in my lungs, lying down at any angle, however slight, was painful and made it even harder to breathe, so I sat propped upright in a chair day and night.Up to…

New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C.

I FEEL KINDA SICK (part 1)

As the saying goes, life never turns out as we planned  Wonderful things can happen quite unexpectedly, and terrible things don’t check with our calendars before descending upon us. The same is true of road trips. No matter how long you’ve been planning it or how detailed said plan is, no amount of hotel apps, plan Bs, or travel hacks can prepare you for everything. I expected there would be changes to my…