When Covid-19 Became My Reality: an 11 Day Journey Through Hell
Posted: 08 Feb 2021, 22:33
I am writing this article stuck as I am in the ER after admitting myself to the hospital this morning. There is nothing that gives the mind clarity quite like the thought of one’s own mortality. I avoid hospitals like the plague; ever since I witnessed my dad take his last breath at Potomac Hospital in 2001 and visiting my mom on numerous occasions as she clung on to life over the years, I learned to have a mix of fear and loathing for the white walls and blue gowns that remind me of the people I loved the most who were taken away from me before they could see their grandchildren.
So to be stuck on my own in a secluded room, family unable to visit and being poked and prodded with needles brings about horrors which I’ve suppressed over decades with forced smiles and hidden tears. Yet here I am facing this pandemic as I worry about my wife and child; trying to keep up my spirits, I can’t help but think what will happen to them if I am not around. My faith gets tested; I mean is it possible that God took me out of the fires of homelessness, poverty and unrelatable tribulation only for me to succumb to this monstrous disease?...continued
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So to be stuck on my own in a secluded room, family unable to visit and being poked and prodded with needles brings about horrors which I’ve suppressed over decades with forced smiles and hidden tears. Yet here I am facing this pandemic as I worry about my wife and child; trying to keep up my spirits, I can’t help but think what will happen to them if I am not around. My faith gets tested; I mean is it possible that God took me out of the fires of homelessness, poverty and unrelatable tribulation only for me to succumb to this monstrous disease?...continued
READ FULL ARTICLE AT: https://ghionjournal.com/when-covid-19- ... y-reality/