Taylor

“After 61 days of active Coronavirus infection, the evil mechanism has finally been defeated. ⁣There are no words to accurately describe what my body just experienced. ⁣But, what I can express is the deep appreciation and gratitude that I have for being alive right now.⁣”

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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: After 61 days of active Coronavirus infection, the evil mechanism has finally been defeated. ⁣There are no words to accurately describe what my body just experienced. ⁣But, what I can express is the deep appreciation and gratitude that I have for being alive right now.⁣

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This is the third time I’ve looked death in his eyes and said, not today. 

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This is the third time I’ve had my health turn upside down and challenge me and push me beyond any humanly possible boundary. ⁣

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My heart and mind are still processing the last few months and to be aware of the fact that I beat this monster of an illness, takes my breath away...literally. 

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Nothing about what I just experienced is okay. ⁣

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Nothing about that illness is okay to take it lightly. ⁣

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To know the same mechanism that has taken many lives from others at the same time it was trying to take my life, is haunting. ⁣

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It makes my chest hurt when I see people not taking this seriously. Because it’s like we are living and experiencing two different worlds. ⁣

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The only reason I am alive right now is because of God. ⁣

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It is a miracle I survived this.⁣

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My body could not have survived this in the state it is in without the hand of God intervening. ⁣

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I did not film the moments where I was curled up in a ball crying due to the most severe chest and head pain. I did not film the moments where I was gasping for air with tears streaming down my face not knowing for sure if I would wake up the next morning. ⁣I did not film the dark side of this experience. ⁣

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Coronavirus can become very serious and severe if it enters the right host.⁣

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And even though I am still recovering from the complications Corona did to my body, my spirit is so full of motivation to propel more courageously into my purpose and calling. 

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My life will not go to waste, as it’s a fragile gift that I was able to keep at this time. ⁣

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My life always has and always will be dedicated to God, and serving the souls that he has created. Look out medical field, the best future doctor is coming for you. ⁣

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My mind and heart are forever changed after this. ⁣

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There are no words. Except, thank you.


Taylor is a college student at ASU online, College of Nursing and Innovation Health, pursuing a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Integrative Health with a Pre-Med track. She is a Nationally certified Medical Assistant and Integrative Health and Life coach and works at a Functional Medicine Clinic that emphasizes in oncology, and autoimmune. She is a fur mamma to a sweet toy poodle named Charlie. She loves God and strives to deepen her spiritual relationship daily.

She is the girl with a heart that yearns for people to be healed. And therefore it is her mission to help others heal their minds, bodies, and spirits, as she learns to heal hers. 

She is in remission from Lyme Disease and the journey to remission was definitely not an easy one. She is still on the healing journey from the damage the disease has done to her body, but has grown in much knowledge and strength through the not so linear process. 




March 16, 2021 Update:

This week last year, I was contracting COVID from work.⁣

I had no idea that a year later, I still would be battling the effects from the virus.⁣

I’ve tried numerous things to restore my body and go back into remission.⁣

I’ve tried my healing habits along with new ones, and still face the struggle. ⁣

I’ve dedicated this past year to healing and while some things did improve, there’s still more to work on. ⁣

It’s retaught me how to approach healing in a different way. ⁣

It’s changed my perspective yet again.⁣

I’ve had to go through the same emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual battles as I did during my Lyme treatment years ago. ⁣

But even so, I have grown and learned. ⁣

While my heart did break from the damage COVID caused in my body, I still am here, fighting, becoming stronger each day. ⁣

And while some don’t understand the depths of suffering COVID can cause to those more susceptible, I’ve learned that it’s better to spend my energy and time on healing, rather than explaining or defending. ⁣

I have talked to hundreds of people online, ⁣

as patients, and through random encounters, and there are so many people who are still battling the COVID effects like I am. ⁣

I do feel grateful for the last year, but to be honest, I do have hard days where it takes all of my strength to put a smile on my face for the patients and people around me. ⁣

To think one year ago, the virus was entering my body, getting ready to change my life forever. ⁣

But from this day forward, the virus does not have any power over me or my health. I am rewiring my brain and approaching my healing differently. ⁣


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⁣ ✨Corona Update:✨⁣ ⁣ I am on day 35 of active infection.⁣ It’s been a fight, that’s for sure.⁣ My body is very tired right now, but my spirits are lifted. ⁣ ⁣ Couldn’t have survived thus far without the unconditional love of God, and his beautiful grace for sparing my life, as well as all the love and support from my loved ones and from my beautiful community on this platform. Thank you for all your prayers, messages, love, and support.⁣ ⁣ It means so much to me and I am still going through all the messages so I can respond to each one of you. ⁣ Because I value you all and want to create beautiful connections 💗🙏🏼✨⁣ ⁣ The symptoms I have been dealing with this week are: ⁣ ⁣ ➡️ Breathing issues⁣ ⁣ ➡️Fever⁣ ⁣ ➡️Sore throat and ear ache⁣ ⁣ ➡️Head pain and body pain⁣ ⁣ ➡️Fatigue and weakness⁣ ⁣ ➡️Cough and chest pain⁣ ⁣ ➡️And some other random things that I’m recording for my ebook. ⁣ ⁣ It’s been an interesting journey experiencing COVID, but I am grateful to be surviving it and eventually thriving from having it. ⁣ ⁣ I went into this battle with a victor’s mindset and focused on my faith triumphing over my fears. And it’s worked so far. ⁣ ⁣ ➡️If you have any fear around this virus, find out what specifically are you afraid of. ⁣ Find your trigger points of fear, anxiety, and panic.⁣ This will help you identify what needs to be attended to in your mind, body, and spirit. 💗⁣ ⁣ We aren’t alone. We are all in this pandemic together. Having different unique experiences, but all affected the same. ⁣ ⁣ I send my love and prayers over this community as you guys need prayer coverage as well! 🙏🏼✨⁣ ⁣

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🖤The one reminder I learned while having Corona Virus⬇️⁣ ⁣ Contracting the virus forced me to remember who’s life I am living.⁣ ⁣ My own life.⁣ ⁣ I’ve become such a workaholic the past year, focusing solely on growing other people’s businesses, and helping patients heal, that I did not prioritize my own passion projects or my own health. ⁣ Which naturally led to my body forcing me to re-establish balance and priority.⁣ ⁣ I’ve had this God vision inside of me for a few years and it wasn’t until these last 40 days of being sick that I truly was reminded that this life is temporary and so fragile, and I only have a certain amount of time here to fulfill this beautiful vision and purpose God put in my heart.⁣ ⁣ Knowing I almost died this past month from a single virus, definitely re-sparked my passion inside of me to pursue my passion projects and my own healing-mind, body, and spirit, even more so moving forward.⁣ ⁣ Take this time as a reminder to take those risks and follow your passions! ⁣ ➡️Who’s life are you living right now?⁣ ➡️Are you pursuing your passion projects?⁣ ➡️Are you who you want to be right now?⁣ ➡️If your life ended right now, would you be satisfied? ⁣ ➡️Are you operating in your worth with each choice you make? ⁣ ⁣ ✨Use this time to reflect, it’s definitely helped me reprioritize my life and my health. ⁣

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⁣ Within a moment, everything can change. ⁣ ⁣ From drawing blood, helping Iv patients, charting, to being in bed on a nebulizer gasping for air all night. ⁣ ⁣ Everything can change in an instant. ⁣ ⁣ I knew intuitively working in medical field during a pandemic outbreak, there would be a chance I could contract Corona, but I chose to believe the best. That after everything I’ve gone through the past ten years, my body couldn’t possibly harbor another deadly disease......or so I thought.⁣ ⁣ Working during a pandemic with only a paper mask and gloves because of the PPE shortage, was unsettling. ⁣ I chose to harness faith and not let fear consume my mind. I chose to keep fighting the intrusive thoughts for the sake of helping the patients during this crisis. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Witnessing staff in the medical clinic get sick one by one, knowing the virus was already inside of me and there was no turning back, left me ready to step into war again. ⁣ The battle to fight for my life and health. ⁣ ⁣ I’ve had mild symptoms (or symptoms⁣ I could manage) up until the past 24 hours, that’s when everything took a turn for the worse. ⁣ ⁣ Last night was one of the scariest nights I’ve experienced with my health. ⁣ (And that says a lot) ⁣ ⁣ My fever rose up, my chest pain became severe, my asthma left me spinning because I couldn’t breathe, my blood sugars shot up in the 300’s, and my body became so frail. ⁣ My mom came over to set up an at home nebulizer that I received yesterday, thank God. ⁣ ⁣ I am currently having to be on nebulizer every 4 hours due to my breathing being so bad. ⁣ ⁣ A part of me is staying rooted in my faith, and belief that God still needs me here, that it’s not time to go into hospital yet...but a small part of me weeps because if this gets anymore worse, I will be in hospital and I don’t know what’s going to happen from there, with my chronic diseases. ⁣ ⁣ I’m trying to manage this at home, but because I am in the high risk of death category, if this breathing doesn’t improve, I will be going to hospital. And the worse part is, nobody can be there with me. I will be alone physically. ⁣ I’m not alone with all the love and support of my friends and family and you. ⁣ ⬇

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⁣ ✨ After 61 days of active Corona Virus infection, the evil mechanism has finally been defeated. ⁣ ⁣ There are no words to accurately describe what my body just experienced. ⁣ But, what I can express is the deep appreciation and gratitude that I have for being alive right now.⁣ ⁣ This is the third time I’ve looked death in his eyes and said, not today. ⁣ (Badass much? 😂) ⁣ ⁣ This is the third time I’ve had my health turn upside down and challenge me and push me beyond any humanly possible boundary. ⁣ ⁣ My heart and mind are still processing the last few months and to be aware of the fact that I beat this monster of an illness, takes my breath away...literally. Lol #thankscoronavirus ⁣ ⁣ Nothing about what I just experienced is okay. ⁣ Nothing about that illness is okay to take it lightly. ⁣ To know the same mechanism that has taken many lives from others at the same time it was trying to take my life, is haunting. ⁣ It makes my chest hurt when I see people not taking this seriously. Because it’s like we are living and experiencing two different worlds. ⁣ ⁣ The only reason I am alive right now is because of God. ⁣ It is a miracle I survived this.⁣ My body could not have survived this in the state it is in without the hand of God intervening. ⁣ ⁣ I did not film the moments where I was curled up in a ball crying due to the most severe chest and head pain. I did not film the moments where I was gasping for air with tears streaming down my face not knowing for sure if I would wake up the next morning. ⁣ I did not film the dark side of this experience. ⁣ Corona Virus can become very serious and severe if it enters the right host.⁣ ⁣ And even though I am still recovering from the complications Corona did to my body, my spirit is so full of motivation to propel more courageously into my purpose and calling. ⁣ ⁣ My life will not go to waste, as it’s a fragile gift that I was able to keep at this time. ⁣ ⁣ My life always has and always will be dedicated to God, and serving the souls that he has created. Look out medical field, the best future doctor is coming for you. ⁣ ⁣ My mind and heart are forever changed after this. ⁣ There are no words. Except, thank you 🙏🏼

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⁣ Thanks Corona Virus for the⁣ ⁣ 🩸Hyperglycemia & Ketones🩸⁣ ⁣ ➡️Day 28 of having #COVID symptoms.⁣ Fever spiked again last night and since then I’ve had high blood sugars. ⁣ ⁣ 🦠I still have all the Corona Virus symptoms unfortunately, BUT praise God, they are more mild.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 👏🏻I CANNOT wait until this virus is dormant and I am back to regular normal blood sugars.⁣ ⁣ Good news though ➡️ I had my new @medtronic insulin pump training today! ⁣ ⁣ ✅I upgraded my pump to the #Medtronic670 G. ⁣ Very excited to be wearing it and seeing how it will help regulate my sugars even better. ⁣ ⁣ I am so grateful to have this new technology as the coolest part is it will begin auto adjusting my insulin when my sugars are out of my goal range, without me having to punch it in. ⁣ The next pump will be even better with this, as this is a small new feature that is new to my insulin management system. ⁣ ⁣ 🦠During the last 28 days of having Corona, my sugars have ranged from 300’s-200’s-100’s. I haven’t had 1 single hypoglycemia sadly. ⁣ So, the virus has definitely affected my blood sugars in a negative way. But I know once it is dormant, my sugars will stabilize again. ⁣ ⁣ In meantime I have to monitor my #ketones daily because it’s just one factor that can send me back to the #hospital. ⁣ ⁣ Comment below if you’re a diabetic!!! ⬇️⁣ ⁣ I’m a #type1diabetic ❤️🩸⁣ Let’s connect!

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⁣ A lesson I’m learning through healing and fighting Corona Virus 🦠 ⁣ ⁣ There has been a resistance in being helped through this corona situation by mainstream doctors. ⁣ (Besides the one who tested me and the one I work for who ordered my nebulizer medication) ⁣ The only 2 doctors who have given me any guidance during these 24 days of symptoms and illness, both practice functional medicine and believe in alternative therapies to support in healing one’s body, like I do. ⁣ ⁣ But otherwise it has been up to me to completely take care of myself through this entire process. ⁣ ⁣ To be dependent on myself in regards to listening to my body intuitively on what it needs through this. ⁣ To truly trust my ability to take care of myself while fighting off a deadly disease that could kill me in one breath. ⁣ That tried to kill me. ⁣ ⁣ But what I realize is, I can trust myself. I can depend on my ability, my knowledge, my intuitive wisdom, and Holy Spirit guidance to heal from Corona. ⁣ ⁣ It’s the healer skill that I’ve been learning all these years and the gift that God anointed me with to share with this world. ⁣ ⁣ Corona virus is just a test to deepen my ability to trust myself and my decisions for myself that what I choose to do to take care of my health in this situation will be enough to survive this situation.⁣ ⁣ Putting to test everything I’ve learned through reading, researching, training in medicine and chronic illness. ⁣ ⁣ All of it leading to this point where I learn how to trust myself in taking care of myself through a foreign disease that no doctor knows what to do. ⁣ That every time I reached out to one of my specialists, and even the hospital, that their response every time was, ⁣ ⁣ “Keep doing what you’re doing, because it’s working.” ⁣ ⁣ It amazed me that not one mainstream doctor could give me any guidance, nor even the medications that have been mentioned in media. ⁣ That their advice to survive was to simply keep doing what I’ve been doing. ⁣ ⁣ At first this was so frustrating to me, because here I am fighting for my life, and nobody can help me. ⁣ But then, I realized I already know what I need to do to bring healing to my body. ⁣ ⬇️ Continued below

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