I don't want to spend too much time on this, and I was meaning to get into an actual post on here, but I don't know when I can.
On the bright side, I've started my ASL class and had a wonderful situation yesterday where, before my class started, I was at the mall and encountered a woman. She apologized, thinking she'd bumped into me, but really, she hadn't. I said it was okay, but she didn't seem to hear me and instead did something that looked like a sign. I got excited, thinking, "I can't possibly be meeting with someone who uses sign language so soon!" but I had! It turns out, as the woman told me, she was deaf! And I explained to her I knew very little sign language and I was able to communicate with her. It was amazing! I felt so elated, and the class that followed was wonderful!
Well, I woke up today with full intentions of going to the gym to swim and work out, and get back on track with my health... But fate had something else in mind.
I woke up to my mom telling me that a family friend and neighbor of 11 years was in the hospital after having been found unresponsive. As they have discovered today, she has bacterial meningitis and a brain infection.
I'd always heard horrible things about this illness, but I didn't ever think it'd hit so close to home. She seems to be doing a fraction of a bit better than this morning. She still hasn't woken up at all, but now they have her sedated. It's a waiting game, to see how things go, and I'm hoping she's going to be alright. I know that there will more than likely be some side effects, due to how bad her case is, but I'm sure she can get through it. She's a wonderfully strong woman and super sweet! She's been there for so long, I just want to see her be okay.
I have to get going, though, to get ready for tomorrow's class, so this was just a quick little update.
I hope all of you are well~
- Rosie
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