Obviously I was unable to get back to my blog in January. The explanation is simple: I spent the first month of the year in hospital fighting pneumonia, and that stay extended into February. Fortunately I am slowly getting back to my old self.
The experience brought home the
dedication of health care personnel. I had never been in intensive care before
and I was amazed how closely I was being monitored around the clock. It seems
there was always someone in my room wanting to make certain I would get better.
These devoted people deserve our admiration because they are facing the many challenges
that have sprouted from the pandemic.
These challenges may be with us for some time because, if I understand correctly, covid will continue to be on our radar in some form for the foreseeable future. That means that health care workers will continue to be so very essential for all of us because we never know when our health will falter. I certainly never believed that I would get as seriously ill as I did.
But life is somewhat devious, is it not? We can never bet on what’s ahead. However, amazingly, each day is a new day and we can only hope that it will be better than the one it follows.
It’s a new day: smile and enjoy.
