Perspective

Tonight I had my 5th Medical Terminology class that is required by my work. We were studing the kidneys and some information got me thinking about my own health. I sat there thinking wow, I really need to take better care of my self. I already have Gaucher's Disease so I need to work extra hard to keep my self well. Anyhow, when I got home I decided to google if anyone is blogging about Gaucher's Disease. I came across Little Miss Hannah. I've seen her story before. It's heart breaking. She has Gaucher's type 2 or 3. The worse kind. In her mom's latest blog is sounds like Hannah is not doing well and may not make it much longer. I am so saddened by this. Unfortunately there is not enough awareness of Gaucher's Disease as it is so rare. But it is such an awful disease when you are type 2 or 3. I am blessed enough to have type 1 and while I have my struggles I am pretty healthy. I've had 2 wonderful children that I carried to almost 40 weeks. And while the pregnancies were hard on my body they weren't awful and my children are healthy. I get out of bed every morning. Even though I have pain from the moment I get up, I still can get out of bed. I have no neurological problems. I go about my life like most everyone else. There are some people that would do anything to be able to get out of bed and walk or attend their child's field trip or do their own groceries. So when I have my moments of self pity or I'm so fed up with this darn disease I need to stop and think about Little Miss Hannah and her family and about all of the other people out there fighting much worse diseases and pray for them and feel thankful for being me. It's just about putting things into perspective.