Mother & Daughter Bonding Magazine Winter 2020

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I DOZED OFF,

Asking God

TO BLOW HIS BREATH, INTO MY LUNGS! BY BETINA MOFFITT, COVID-19 SURVIVOR The week prior to Easter I found myself at work treating what I believed to be a common cold, that was not responding to any over-the-counter medications. Because I of a previous conversation I had with an elderly lady whom I met three weeks prior to her dying from pneumonia because of COVID-19. I noticed that I was experiencing similar symptoms that she shared with me. So, I thought I better go get checked for COVID-19. I went to my local hospital for my COVID-19 test. As I waited for the doctor to give me the test, the ER doctor literally stood outside my room door masked up telling me, because I did not have a fever and shortness of breath, I could not have COVID-19. Although, I had a concerned area on my lungs; he diagnosed me with pneumonia and sent home.

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