Losing This One Thing Saved My Life

It all started at the beginning of December. I had been feeling fine with all of a sudden I started running a fever. I had the covid test and it came back negative, but I was quarantined because I had been exposed to it. So that started two weeks of being very tired. Around the middle of the two weeks, our back gate blew open and the dog got out. I got her back in and went out barefoot to shut the gate. When I did, I stepped on something and got it in my big toe. I could not see what it was, but I could not go to the doctor due to running a fever because of the flu. It continued to look worse and became much more painful. Two weeks later, I finally got to go to the wound care doctor. But by the time I did, the infection had gotten into the bone. The doctor said I needed to be admitted into the hospital. So on December 21, 2020, I walked into the emergency room by myself with my life in the balance because the infection could have gotten into my bloodstream. So, at 8 p.m. they gave me a room in the ER. I stayed in there until 2:30 a.m., at which time I got my room. Later on in the day, they took me for a MRI. The doctor called me and told me that I would have to have surgery and I might lose my toe. It hit me really hard and I mourned my toe at that point. I called my friends, then laid down that night and went to sleep. When they woke me up the next morning, I looked at the nurse and told her, “Jesus is here. “. This was such a sweet reassurance to me. In the past, the anxious thought of no people that I knew would have overtaken me. But knowing Jesus was with me gave me the strength to face what was going on. In the end, the toe was amputated, the infection was stopped, and my life was saved. And with every breath I have, I will share of the love of Jesus and how He is there for you too. Blessings!!