Good morning!
This is my first blog post, so I don't really know what I'm doing. Many people have encouraged me to start writing a blog based on what I've written on Facebook.
I do know that my main motivation for this blog will be to record as many stories floating around in my brain as possible for my kids and family to remember me by - no time like the present.
At the tail end of January, 2017, I was hospitalized after I passed out repeatedly one night (I was diagnosed with Stage IV Colon Cancer back in August of 2014). There's a lot to the story but the bottom line is that I should not have survived this experience! There was a great deal of bleeding in my stomach, which lead to a very low blood pressure, which explains why I kept passing out. My hemoglobin level was also very low (3).
The other day, my radiation doctor calmly told me that "A hemoglobin level of three is not compatible with life." This hit me hard, because his statement, combined with the concern of all the doctors and nurses who witnessed me at my worst (I have no memory of this day), was quite serious. They were all very relieved to see me recovering.
Realizing that I could have died, that perhaps I should be dead, wound up filling me with an immense amount of gratitude. I was more grateful than ever to be walking this earth and breathing its air. Grateful for all the amazing people I have met in my life, for all the places I've been able to visit around the world. Grateful for my family.
I think this is enough for my first blog entry. I will try to write something every day, but that doesn't seem realistic... I'll give it my best.
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