Yesterday, I had to go to Urgent Care, a walk in clinic, I had heat exhaustion and I was dehydrated. The vomiting wasn't helping. They advised me to cool off my house as best I can and go to the cooling center like the library if I needed too. I was to sick to go to the Library so I just took showers and used the fans.
"I only have one more day then I won't have to worry about this anymore." I was getting an air conditioner from a program called Breathe Air they give low income people with breathing problems get air conditioners. My social worker and nurse helped me apply and I had to wait for approval that I received on Wednesday.
One thing the doctor suggested that made me chuckle, he suggested I spend the night with someone who has an AC. I do not know anyone who owns an AC or at least anywhere I could go. Most people who have fans only and open windows. We also sit out at night on our porches but during a heat wave that doesn't help.
I live in Pittsburgh, that means it gets cold in the winter and hot in the Summer. Pittsburgh, is on the Mason-Dixson line. I like to tease that we have the cold from the North and the heat from the South.
This is not a political post but a window into what my life is like. I had an air conditioner last year but when I lost everything the air conditioner is one of the things I lost. This will also help my daughter who is nine months pregnant.
I'm thankful for my medical insurance who gave me a nurse, a social worker, and a peer specialist to help me. I have them because I have to a disease that usually ends in death. I have Sarcoidosis, which is an autoimmune disease that causes lesions on my skin and my organs to fail or not work correctly. I was diagnosed in 2010 when it attacked my spleen.
I am looking forward to having an AC because we have a lot of hot days. It's hard to do simple things like cleaning when your house is 90 degrees.
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