LIVING WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS & NOT BREATHING WELL 5-5-2025
Dear Friends, Family and Church Family, I pray all of you are well, safe, healthy, happy and loved! Me, I have been experiencing brutal breathing episodes, especially these past few weeks. Breathing is automatic! When a person experience difficulties breathing, it's life threatening and scary! With breathing being automatic to most humans, when I, or anyone who endures episodes when I, or them are struggling to breathe, it's life threatening and beyond frightening! During the early hours of this morning (Tuesday- Wednesday), I awoke not being able to breathe or catch my breath. I struggled trying to breathe in what seemed like days. I know it was not days but, minutes, long, long moments, much longer than I, or anyone could have realized. I remember as I feebly was attempting to call 911, the night staff entered my apt. This knowledgeable, kind person gave me the medications I needed while doing what he could to¹ place me at ease and calmer. The breathing (or lack of ...