Amidst rising fears in our country about the upsurge of another wave of Covid-19 and the Omnicron Variant, there is ongoing talk of reinstating social distancing precautions, mask mandates, and mandatory vaccines. School districts all around us are going back to virtual learning. The wide range of people that support the government requiring people to take this illness more seriously is unprecedented. It crosses every social, economic, and racial barrier.
There is also some despondency in many people who feel they are willing to take a chance with the virus and their own health. Claims that range from โmy immune system was designed to fight illnessโ to โthe government has no right to force us to receive medical treatment we donโt desireโ. Many people passionately feel the government is infringing on their rights to free choice.
Either side can be considered 100% right or in the eyes of the other side---DEAD wrong!
As a mom to a young cancer patient, I see where the fear of an immune compromised person catching Covid is a very real dilemma. The drugs given to destroy the cancer also suppress any God-given immune system the body has. The life of an immune compromised person consists of masks, isolation, hand sanitizer, blood counts, and constant vigilance about germs. The families of the immunocompromised know the risks all too well without the government requiring them to be careful. They have to live the life of the carefulโevery single day! Covid did not change their lives very much, other than making it extremely hard to find medical supplies and increasing their isolation.
As a mom to a young cancer patient who has now passed away, I see where the desire to live life to the fullest and take responsibility for my own health decisions can come into play. Our family spent so much time isolated from those most important to us. Our daughter missed out on time with her siblings and grandparents because of Covid mandates put in place by well-meaning but uninformed individuals. I missed out on important moments in my daughterโs life. My last Motherโs Day was spent weeping over not being allowed to go to the hospital and hold my baby. She died and there will never be another Motherโs Day spent together. I was only given 4โCovid stole one of those.
The life of Covid and Cancer is heartbreakingly similar in so many ways. People are trying to make the best decisions they know how, through the lens of their own fears and concerns. In such a delicate balance, there may not be a one size fits all answer. What works for some peopleโs physical safety, destroys others mental health. What relieves some peoples fear, only heightens the anxiety of others. What ensures a longer life for some, steals the only days remaining for the terminally ill. For children who have had a life stolen by cancer treatments, Covid only adds insult to their injury.
I think to the many things that cancer inflicted on Millie during her year of treatment. Pain from pokes, bone marrow aspirations, nerves being aflame from the strong immunotherapies, nausea from the harsh chemo, and so much fear.
I also remember what Covid did in her short lifetime. The many times she had a nose swab just to be admitted to the hospital. I can still hear her little voice saying, โYou gonna do that nose thing?โ It kept family and friends from visiting her. She was confined to her hospital room during every admission. To live the remainder of Millieโs life during a pandemic was so difficult. I know many families who have lost their loved ones during the last two years have similar feelings.
We know we can never go back, but how I long for the time a few years ago, on a hot summer day, when Cancer and Covid had not yet turned our lives and the world upside down. A time when my little blond curly headed two-year-old was playing on the swing under the shade of our tree. When our family was whole, healthy, and happy. All of that longing for the past, makes me long even more for the future in heaven. A time when we will be together, healthy, and happy forever.
โ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ.โ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐:๐๐
***๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ช๐จ, ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐ค๐๐ค๐ก๐จ, ๐ค๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ. ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ. ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ค๐ค๐ฃ. ***
Blessings sweet friendsโฆ
๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พโ
,๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พโใ๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พโ
๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พโ
I still believe in Millieโs Miracle
๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พโ Hebrews 11:1 ๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พโ
๏ธตโฟ๏ธตโฟเญจโเญงโฟ๏ธตโฟ๏ธต
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