Like the California election results, I’m not yet ready to call the contest on my cold and declare a winner.
On the positive side, my cold doesn’t seem to have gotten any worse. I can still feel it in my bronchial tubes, but the congestion isn’t bad and doesn’t appear to be hampering my breathing too much. I’m wheezing a little, but only needing to cough infrequently to clear my airways. Hopefully that means my body is doing a good job of fighting off this cold.
On the less than positive side, it’s not yet gone completely. The cold may still be simmering. Sometimes they do that. We’ll have to give it a few more days before I’ll be ready to claim a victory. With Myasthenia Gravis, you never know for sure. It could still go either way.
The next couple of days will tell me. Keep your fingers crossed and your prayers coming. Prayers are powerful.
Colds become battles for someone with Myasthenia Gravis. While we have to take them seriously and take precautions, we can’t allow the fear of a cold to take over. We definitely need to prepare for the worst, but we can’t give up hoping for the best.
One of the ways I try to stay positive is with humor. I always enjoy a good joke. Here’s one of my favorites.
A man is driving through the countryside when he sees a farmer walking on the side of the road. Walking next to the farmer is a giant pig. The pig appears to be limping and as the man looks closer, he realizes the pig has a wooden leg.
Curious, the man pulls over, rolls down his window and asks, “Excuse me, but why does that pig have a wooden leg?”
The farmer turns his head, spits, then smiles and says, “Oh, let me tell you about this here pig. This pig saved my life! My house caught fire one night, and this pig broke down the door, raced through the flames and dragged me out. Without this pig, I’d be a goner!”
The man is impressed but still curious, so he asks,”That’s amazing, but why the wooden leg?”
“Well,” the farmer continues, “that’s not all. One day I fell into a well. This pig heard me yelling, ran to the neighbors, and got them to pull me out! I almost drowned, but this here pig saved my life again!”
The man is astonished. “That’s one incredible pig, but why the wooden leg?”
The farmer nods and says, “Well, son, when you’ve got a pig this good, you don’t eat him all at once!”
Stay #MGStrong!