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.
Checkout Taylor’s website: Hearts in Bloom Health