ME-as I go through this zany, marvelous, difficult experience called: "LIFE"!

Dear Friends and Family, I want to thank all of you for those awesome Birthday wishes, the lovely prayers and all  of your words  wisdom. All of you made my Birthday, while I was, and still am, in the hospital absolutely wonderful! Yes, I am still weak, in pain, exhausted, struggling with breathing and all sorts of problems that all the marvels of the medical world and all the doctors in this hospital cannot find answers to. Yesterday, on my Birthday, I did have "Grand Birthday Party" in my hospital room! The faithful, caring, compassionate and remarkable chaplains of Mount Auburn Hospital gave me the "Very, Best, Most Wonderful Party" for me, Evelyn! I, Evelyn, who is sick, hurting and living with several serious and life threatening diseases + sick and in the hospital, I was given this Birthday Party gift on my Birthday, a Birthday Party Party by "The Spirituality Team that left a forever memory placed safe in my ❤️ ! With sincerity, love, prayers and graciou

Dear Friends and Family, it’s Wednesday, October 26 th and it is my Birthday. I am an inpatient in the hospital that I go for my medical care and I am frightened. My friends, I have been having breathing difficulties for some time. The days previous to this hospital were troubling with difficulties breathing, chest tightness that was severely painful, excessive sweating and complete, severe fatigue. Monday’s symptoms frightened me beyond limits. My tee shirt and pajama bottoms were drenched in sweat. Suffering with severe and painful tightness in my chest, I was struggling to breathe. I wanted to avoid the hospital at all costs but, I was too scared not to go. I, by ambulance, was quickly and safely escorted to the hospital I go for my medical care. My blood pressure was super high and I normally do not have high blood pressure. My oxygen saturations were very low as well. One of the problems told to me by the doctors was I have been having a   COPD exacerbation.

Today, a welcome surprise came to my door. Monica had called me today. Monica and her children, Lucia, Joseph, Theresa, Miriam and Grace surprised me, waiting outside my building for me to come outside and spend time with them. I taught all of these children in Religious Education of the Catholic Church for several  years. Lucia was 3 years old and Joseph was just a baby when I began teaching these eager and curious young children. I knew the 4 younger children since they were babies. Lucia, as I previously said, was 3 years old! The children are: Lucia, Joseph, Theresa, Miriam and Grace! I taught all of these children, I spent time with all of them and I especially, loved them! My dear friends and family, I still do love these wonderful, amazing and loving young people and I always, always will! The same goes for my caring, concerned and loving friend, Monica and her husband, Carlo, the mother and father of these remarkable children. Love and with sincerity, gratitude and prayers, E

Dear Friends and Family, I pray all of you are well, healthy, rested and loved. My dear friends, I’m home! I was discharged on Thursday afternoon and returned home later that day. I had decided that I could not fight the diseases in my body and also fight for proper healthcare at the same time. I told my attending physician I wanted to go home. This doctor honored this request and sent me home! I’ve been a patient at Mount Auburn Hospital for approximately 14 years. There have been doctors at Mount Auburn Hospital who have saved my life, have made my medical conditions better, have caused the betterment of my life and have placed me on “The Path to Wellness”. There have been people, and there are still people I know at Mount Auburn Hospital, who have made my life better, turned a negative experience of being in the hospital into something a bit more positive, have gone beyond what their job calls for to help me and have shown concern, love and devotion in a place that, many times, are