A Red Light along my Way

Blisters on my lower left face

I've been too harried with works in school, teaching actions, choir responsibilities, internet activities, travel to Pagadian, plans of going out... many things have come my way and then just one afternoon of June 23, a ray of red light got into my sight. What a big STOP it was, when I realized I was infected of chicken pox. I was so worried. At first I thought I got a German measle from a friend way back in Talisay City. But the blisters were so pronounced. I got the chicken pox virus. I went to Ciudad Medica last Friday (June 25), and the doctor told me I was kind of late. The medicine he would have given would have prevented the growth of the blisters all over my face and body. He was even asking where was I in my childhood; why I wasn't infected then? Yet, I took the anti-viral medicine for 5 days, every after 4 hours. I lost my appetite, but I had to eat. It was a real bad time. My sister sent me packs of powdered colostrum milk, which contain good amount of immunoglobulin. The milk could have also helped me along.

Now it's July 3. Just exactly 10 days from the lighting of that red light. I took a warm bath this morning. I had the water infused with warm citrus leaves decoction. Most of the blisters have dried up. The scars are so obvious as they scatter all over my face and body. The infection was indeed severe. I still have more days to handle this dying out sickness. When the wounds are healed, I think I'll be seeing the bright green light.

I have been to several sorts of journey. This time, I have been brought to something hard to travel - the journey within me. It has been a real trying time. I realized how I needed the people around who assisted me through the early days of my infection. There were times that I cried when I pray. It was then that I came to know how bad the situation was, and how helpless had I become. But the sweet part is when you just look around and see that everything is going to be alright. We just can't have only one kind of journey!