1/12/07 - An amazing gift(s)
Well the weather has stayed to this side of cold for the past few days and, as expected, this is not helping the breathing issue. And as explained before, the best way to manage this is by staying out of the cold and staying true to the medication regime. This in turn, however, means that I have to be close to home every four hours to be able to nebulize.
Now some research online has shown that they do have portable nebulizers. It is amazing that medicine has advanced to the point that it has. People often think of 'medical advancements' in terms of something that 'cures' something. A new drug or procedure that comes along to remove a health malady entirely. But as I go through this journey, I am learning that sometimes the advancements just allow the ill person to be able function more in 'regular' society. However, in looking over finance and need - I had resigned myself to the fact that this piece of equipment was not something that I was going to be able to add to my arsenal against this illness.
Well much to my surprise, a friend got together with family and has given me one of these portable devices. I was stunned, as one might imagine this is not a 'gift' that I would politic for months in advance of Christmas or my birthday - so for them to take it upon themselves to get and give this to me evokes emotion that I am hard pressed to describe. Its people like this.....
The '(s)' portion of the title refers to another gift that I (or more accurately the charity) has received. The charity has taken an image to not only raise funds but awareness of the plight of those of us who are getting sick right now. The combination of the original idea, finding a photographer to take the shot and someone to format the image (it amazes me what people can do with photographs) all took some time from conception to finished product - but it was done 'in house'. This means that either someone who works with the charity of someone they felt they could ask a favor of did all this work. So at this point we were left with (what I think) is a very powerful and moving image and now needed to shop around and find the most cost effective way to get this out to the public.
This is where the gift came in. A gentleman who runs has many business affiliations stepped up and offered us to print 2001 of these images for free! This is amazing. The cost of printing this number of posters could easily run north of $5k and he came to the charity and said, in a manner of speaking, that this was the least that he could do for those who had given so much to this city and country and still continue to give. He also has made it to point to try and work with the charity to raise and or donate as much cash towards the cause as he can. Its people like this.....
Its people like this.......that come along and restore your hope that this may not end as badly as it looks sometimes. Its people like this.......that show up when you least expect it and give a pure gift that gives you the energy to drag yourself out of bed in the morning because now you see that there are those who are there to help you out. Its people like this........that let you know that while the politicians and other 'talking heads' argue the validity of WTC illnesses to save themselves a buck, that there are those who have not abandoned common sense.
I know that most of my posts have not been happy, but it was a pleasure to write this one. THANK YOU.
Now some research online has shown that they do have portable nebulizers. It is amazing that medicine has advanced to the point that it has. People often think of 'medical advancements' in terms of something that 'cures' something. A new drug or procedure that comes along to remove a health malady entirely. But as I go through this journey, I am learning that sometimes the advancements just allow the ill person to be able function more in 'regular' society. However, in looking over finance and need - I had resigned myself to the fact that this piece of equipment was not something that I was going to be able to add to my arsenal against this illness.
Well much to my surprise, a friend got together with family and has given me one of these portable devices. I was stunned, as one might imagine this is not a 'gift' that I would politic for months in advance of Christmas or my birthday - so for them to take it upon themselves to get and give this to me evokes emotion that I am hard pressed to describe. Its people like this.....
The '(s)' portion of the title refers to another gift that I (or more accurately the charity) has received. The charity has taken an image to not only raise funds but awareness of the plight of those of us who are getting sick right now. The combination of the original idea, finding a photographer to take the shot and someone to format the image (it amazes me what people can do with photographs) all took some time from conception to finished product - but it was done 'in house'. This means that either someone who works with the charity of someone they felt they could ask a favor of did all this work. So at this point we were left with (what I think) is a very powerful and moving image and now needed to shop around and find the most cost effective way to get this out to the public.
This is where the gift came in. A gentleman who runs has many business affiliations stepped up and offered us to print 2001 of these images for free! This is amazing. The cost of printing this number of posters could easily run north of $5k and he came to the charity and said, in a manner of speaking, that this was the least that he could do for those who had given so much to this city and country and still continue to give. He also has made it to point to try and work with the charity to raise and or donate as much cash towards the cause as he can. Its people like this.....
Its people like this.......that come along and restore your hope that this may not end as badly as it looks sometimes. Its people like this.......that show up when you least expect it and give a pure gift that gives you the energy to drag yourself out of bed in the morning because now you see that there are those who are there to help you out. Its people like this........that let you know that while the politicians and other 'talking heads' argue the validity of WTC illnesses to save themselves a buck, that there are those who have not abandoned common sense.
I know that most of my posts have not been happy, but it was a pleasure to write this one. THANK YOU.