For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello to you.
I'm at 153 this morn. Today is my birthday.
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I thank you all for your ongoing prayers for us each day. Not sure how we got Covid. We ALWAYS wear our KN95s. Always. But you go into stores here and most customers are NOT wearing masks, nor social distancing, not even store workers. We were wearing N95s (a much tighter fit and probably are effective than KN95s) but with the heat here in SC, we swtiched over about a month or 2 ago to the KN95s that have a little extra room in them to breathe.
So, our appetites are gone with the wind. Our current symtoms are: 
Hubby: Severe cough, sore throat, weakness, no appetite (ate nothing yesterday, couldn't even drink coffee that he usually loves), extreme tiredness (this past week has spent most of the time sleeping), severe aches and pains all over. As for me, my symptoms are: Fever, Chills, Dry cough, shortness of breath off and on (Hubby was up with me past midnite last nite as I had another shortness of breath episode), sore throat, no appetite (but forced myself to get down 2 dry toasts yesterday), no taste for anything liquid...any liquids taste alien and nasty, even water and it was hard to even get down 1 little bottle of water off and on yesterday), extreme tiredness,weakness, and severe aches and pains all over.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 52 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello to you.
I'm at 154 this morning. Not much appetite with these bad colds Hubby and I have. We almost went to the ER at 2 am this morning. He has horrible cough and I was sick and running fever. But instead, I took a tylenol and went back to bed and he went back to sleep on the sofa. Please pray for us.
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UPDATE: Hubby and I went to Urgent Care. We both got Covid 19. Thank you for you love and prayers.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 51 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello to you.
I'm at 155 this morning. Happy about that. Eating good.
Hubby and I are still working on getting over this summer cold we have.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 50 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
FEEL BETTER!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello to you.
I'm still enjoying reading your posts, altho not posting much yet.
Hubby and I are 'under the weather'. Summer colds, we think. We haven't gone to the doctor and are taking care of each other here at home, with our good Lord's help.
I just wanted to say hello to each of you and wish you a happy day and tell you that I love you.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 49 lbs lost so far, only 6 lbs to go!
So sorry you and hubby are feeling a little down lately. maybe due to being stressed out a little. i'm sure you'll be on the mend soon!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello to you. Although I've not been posting for a few days, I have loved reading your posts.
I'm still hanging in there. Hubby took me to the mountains and to visit our out of state kinfolks recently and that helped a lot. My cousin (but really Sister, that we call each other) just lost her Mama (who was best friends as well as Sister in Law to my Mama) earlier this year, too, so we were a great comfort to each other in our grieving over our Mamas. It was good to get away for a few days.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 49 lbs lost so far, only 6 lbs to go!
So glad you went on a getaway with your retired hubby! This is the perfect time of year for those and that your sister could be a great comfort :)
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello to you. I think I am beginning to feel more normal now. I haven't been crying as much or as often, even though I usually do cry every day. So, when I realized this early this morning, it helped me to think I am getting better. I think of GrannyAnnie, whose Son passed with Covid and although I've not been commenting for the time being here at DD, I usually do read Y'all's entries and there has been none from her since March of this year. Hope she is okay, cause she is missed by all of us. I think of Happy-1, who lost her Mama and struggles daily to care of her Dad, which I know is a very overwhelming job but what a wonderful Daughter she is and I can tell she loves him a lot cause she stays very concerned about his health. I think about BearCountryGG, whose Mama passed a few years ago after getting a flu shot and what a shock cause they'd only talked a few hours before and everything had seemed okay. I know there are others here, and please forgive me for not naming you, who have had their loved ones and friends to pass and who struggle with grief. As well as we each have our own boat to row for one thing or another, whatever it may be. But I do thank the good Lord that we do our best here at DD to encourage and keep each other lifted up, whatever we may be enduring for the time being. Thank you, all of you for your kind words. They have helped me tremendously.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 47 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
yes, so many here have already lost loved ones. it seems part of the human legacy of course that nobody lives forever. the older we get, the more loss we experience.
but i'm glad you are doing better and that you are starting to resume other activities!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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I am working through this grief with our good Lord's help. Your kind words of comfort are greatly appreciated. Some days I do better than other days. I find that if I stay busy, that helps. Please forgive me for not responding to comments right now. I am struggling with grief but at the same time, I know Mama is no longer suffering. I believe she is with our Lord and with Daddy and with her Mama, too. Still, this is very difficult, even knowing all of this. I am being told by one person, "It takes time" and by another person, "Get over it". I've finished going through Mama's clothes and donated some and am sharing some with my Daughter and am keeping some for myself. Mama would have been okay with that as she was a very free-hearted person, who loved everybody and always shared what she had with others.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 47 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
When my grandfather passed away, all that I wanted were a couple of his sweaters. When I'm having a particularly hard time, I like to put on one of his sweaters... like feeling an embrace.
that is very generous that her clothes will go to help others.
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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This is just not easy. Thank you for your prayers.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 49 lbs lost so far, only 6 lbs to go!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello to you. Scale read 155 this morning.
Thank you for your encouraging comments.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 50 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Thank you for your prayers. The Lord is helping me with this. I love you all and appreciate your loving support and kind comments.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 48 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
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Happy Birthday!!!!!!! And thank you for YOUR gift of checking in today and letting us know how you are doing. (((hugs)))
Your symptoms sound very much like what my daughter had, except that she did not have the cough, and amazingly, she maintained a "healthy" appetite, and by that I mean, she was eating a lot. But the exhaustion was just unbelievable. Sore throat on fire, wanted a lot of herbal teas.
I guess that's one way to lose weight, but I am glad that you tried to get down some toast. Not eating at all is concerning. Having difficulty staying hydrated is also very concerning. I continue to pray for both of you; I'm very worried.
Thank you. Doctor said if we get worse, go to ER and said we may have to have IV bag of immunoglobulin. I asked her about Ivermectin and she said they don't do that, only the IV bag. But she seemed confident that we are getting through this as well as can be expected and even said she believes the worse is behind us. I'm running a fever but Hubby is not. We are under quarantine through Wednesday cause this started Sunday 18th. We live like we are quarantined (don't go church, etc.) anyway, so this quarantine is not a big deal for us. Smile
bearcountrygg on 07/26/2021:
Happy Birthday Maria although I'm sure you don't feel like celebrating......Prayers are with you both.......It's good to hear that your doctor thinks you are past the worst of it....although I'm positive you guys are really tired of feeling bad. If you have any straws in the house they might help you both get more fluids in...you really need them right now...food isn't as important for a few days...but water especially is....or even if you have any tumblers or water Bottles with a sipper top may also help.....
Yes, we do have straws. I had not thought of this. This will help get water down past tasting part. Thank you very much! I will do this! Have a blessed day!
Jacky82020 on 07/26/2021:
That’s awful! Are you saying both you & your husband tested positive & have symptoms?
I’m going back from the KN95 to N95. You are right, harder to breathe with, in my case because they fit better. Ordered 20 blue ones from Amazon for $30. Last time I paid $40 for ten white ones. Nice price drop!
KathyBlue on 07/26/2021:
Happy birthday, Maria, a fellow Leo !!! That's awful with the covid, and both of your symptoms sound terrible and dangerous.. Please try to drink at least, with all the heat, you must not stay dehydrated! Water intake will also help fighting that off... I keep both of you in my prayers. Actually, the masks can't be 100% effective I guess, because we go shopping etc. and the virus may come by the products we buy that were touched by some infected person... It's very difficult, if not Mission Impossible, to keep these fully under control.