asthma attack

October 24, 2:35am

it’s happening again.

gripping my air passages like claws gnawing at its prey…

…….

Like a newly-caught
fish brought ashore,
Here I am gasping for breath..
Air sacs in my lungs
deteriorating-
Air must have given up
on me and I am scared!
I never finished my new
poem, never given a bath
to my cat, never told mom
“I Love You,” never kissed
and hugged my other half
across the miles,
never kneeled to the Lord
for forgiveness.

Around past 3am, after using the nebulizer and not finding any comfort, I asked my aunt to bring me to the hospital because my face, hands, arms and legs were already feeling numb, I was feeling light headed, with pain radiating through my chest up to my left shoulders and my arms, and the wheezing was getting worse. For a moment there, I blacked out.

This was another moment in my life when being rushed to the ER was like being wheeled into a room without knowing what to expect…….wishing that my other half is just beside me in my struggle, wishfully thinking he could teleport from LA to my bedside right then and there….

I had 3 consecutive confinements just last May and June 2007. Read the Ambulansya story. This was my 4th. This is one of those moments when I pray there will be no next time.

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  1. So many things do run at the back of our minds when we feel most vulnerable… human nature I guess.

    All those “unfinished” business… “untackled” chores…

    Sigh…

    If only everyone lived as if it was indeed the last day of their lives, maybe more people would be living life to their fullest, more people seeking reconciliation, more individuals atoning for their transgressions… more people truly depending on the Lord’s mercy and His salvation.

    …if only.

  2. Hope you’re better…

  3. Tin Tin, how are you? okayka na ba? ano meds mo pag nagkaka attack ka? is your asthma allergic in nature o pathologic?

    anyhow tin, I hope you feel better now.. i will include you in my prayers… in case of another attack (mostly at night) relax and put 3 or 4 pillows on your lap when in bed then lean forward and lay your head at the top of the pillow. that position will somehow give you relief.

    May the Lord assist youon your sufferings.

    Pax Et Bonum!

  4. I hope you’re doing much better. Is there a panic button you can press so that someone comes to your rescue when you can’t scream for help? Do look after yourself.

    Please to go Your Love Coach as I have tagged you in the post 7 Truths About Me. Please let me know once you’ve done it coz I’d really like to get to know you better. Ingat!

    joy
    The Goddess In You

  5. salamat bro and joy….

    I’m better now, I went back to Batangas over undas to recuperate and attend to some important matters na rin.

    my asthma triggers are almost everything….housedust mites, smoke, dust, cat and dog hair….sudden change of weather, emotional stress, you name it….i guess i was emotionally stressed that time, aside from the fact that I haven’t slept well the past months….

    thanks for the prayers….

    pax et bonum!

  6. thank you too http://www.cultreshiok.com/ for the message……God bless

  7. glad your better, dear girl.

  8. thank you ate kengk…thank you everybody….

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