Taken around 8:12pm. Evening light show of the sky.
Last year, this was the day I started going through vasospasm.
Google defines this as “sudden constriction of a blood vessel, reducing its diameter and flow rate.” I started losing my ability to speak and my right arm started losing mobility. Couldn’t talk and mutter a word. My right arm was just a dead appendage. It had no “feeling” and it was useless. The nurses had to remove the syringe connected to a dextrose to keep me hydrated. My right arm was just swollen and I was just carrying it around. And all I could do was just make sounds through grunting.
It was a scary period because no one can assure me and my parents when I will be back to “normal.” No doctor can assure us of anything and was just mentioning that it depends on my body when I will be “back.”
Fast forward to today, my ability to speak is back. My right arm is back to being my dominant hand. I can now run and do yoga back to doing asanas that tones the once dead muscles from last year. I am now fully functioning. Thriving. Truly thankful and grateful to God’s grace and blessings. We go through hardships and trials. And sometimes we feel like we had hit a wall. Last year, I was full of worry and anger as I didn’t understand why I was going through the so far lowest point of my life. And then we wait.
Let time heal us. Listen to the body and what is being taught to us at that moment. Then we survive to tell our story in the hope it gives people hope. And to show that in hardships we experience growth.
In this time of uncertainty, this experience reminds me, we are here for a purpose. God is good. Family is a treasure. And it takes a little and not a lot to really make this life happy, meaningful and fulfilling.
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