No. I am talking about PULMONARY FIBROSIS. This illness has come to my family. And it does take your breath away, literally.
Definition:
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Pulmonary fibrosis is a disease marked by scarring in the lungs. Tissue deep in the lungs becomes thick, stiff and scarred. The scarring is called fibrosis. As the lung tissue becomes scarred, it interferes with a person's ability to breathe.
Sounds like fun huh! NOT!
My Mama was told sometime last year that she has this. Just a pesky irritating dry cough that would not go away was all she complained of. Now she has to have oxygen to help her breath and she can't walk far even with the oxygen without getting short of breath. And she is my Daddy's caregiver!
They don't know what caused it. She has never smoked. Never been around cigarette smoke much.
It is breaking my heart to watch! I am a nurse. I should be able to help and I am trying. But how? I will not be able to make her lungs better. Only God can do that and I pray He does.
So I pray for also for wisdom, sound judgement, and the ability to care for the parents who cared for me. And to be the wife Roger needs in the midst of this leg of the journey.
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength!
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