Those of you who know me, know I have asthma that gets severe every now and then. Usually it leaves me in hospital for a couple days, but sometimes I'm able to avoid it.

On Thursday I had a scratchy throat (which is usually the first sign that one's coming on). I don't know why, but every time it happens I secretly hope it's just a cold and that I can ax it with some cough medication and cough drops. So I tried that and as usual it didn't work. I then started taking my puffers and hoping for the best.

Determined to not go to the hospital I waited it out and dealt with shallow breathing for a couple days. Sometimes it would go away a bit, other times it would become a bit more severe. I woke up this morning with little-to-no breathing, and any breathing I made sounded like an old-school kettle. I finally decided to stop avoiding the inevitable, to use the wisdom God's given me and made my way to emergency. It was so odd to be there and to not have my mum by my side answering all the questions, especially being in Toronto (I missed her!)I made it through and by the grace of God only waited at the hospital for about 1 1/2 hours. I saw a doctor, she checked me out and determined I did NOT need to be admitted (Woot!). She gave me some meds, and prescribed some more for home, and sent me on my way.

It sounded reasonable enough until I was getting ready to go the pharmacist a couple hours ago. I was doing calculations in regards to how much it would cost. when it equaled out to about $120 dollars or so, I almost cried! I realize that's not that much, but when you're a broke student, it changes everything. However, God's got my back and He wouldn't leave me in my depression :-)

Firstly, my parents had me covered from the beginning. Praise Him for them :-) But then I remembered the insurance plan that I paid for with school. So I went to check out the plan and what it covered.

Prescription Drugs: 90% covered

90%!!!!!

I only paid $12 for the medications.And it wasn't even my $12! What a blessing indeed. I'm living in the favor of God!

So in the midst of this stupid attack, there's so many things to be thankful for.

1. Thank God that Canada's health care is still a free system.
2. Thank God that our health plans carry over provinces and I still don't have to pay even though I'm not a resident of Ontario.
3. Thank God for incredible parents.
4. Thank God for my awesome sister who drove me to the hospital before work.
5. Thank God for competent people to make proper diagnoses and take proper actions to help us :-)
6. Thank God for health insurance from my school for the incredible coverage!
7. Thank God I'm still alive and breathing when I very well could not have.

Every time I have one of these attacks, that last statement usually makes me think lots. In general, none of us know when our last breath is. When you know your breathing is shallow and stops every now and then...it's a little bit scary. But He's faithful and even when problems arise, I know He's got my back ;-).

Anywho, here is the ridiculous dosages that inspired my facebook status...

Asthma pills - 10 at once daily for 5 days. Afterwards, reducing the pills by two tablets daily for another 5 days.
Puffer #1 - 4 puffs, twice daily.
Puffer #2 - 2 puffs, four times daily.
Puffer #3 - 2 puffs, twice daily
Tylenol - whenever my head is pounding from all the spinning regarding said medications.

It's a lot for someone who's used to very little meds, but I'll get through. It's all worth it eventually, right?

So there's my random day. And that's a quick little list of things to be thankful for. There's tons more to add, but for that specific situation, there's no reason to ever be offended :-)

Give thanks to the Lord, our God and King.
His love endures forever!

Blessings!