Saturday~july 13th~11:30pm

Hey hey! This past week has been quite a journey. I was left alone at the house for the week, despite my mother thinking that if I am alone my liver will fail and I will die. Yeah, she catastrophizes just a bit. If I am honest though, some concern was warranted. I honestly wasn't 100 percent sure of myself when it came to my care routine. It's intense and I wasn't sure if I could handle it, but with college fast approaching, I decided that it was time to try. I find I learn best when thrown into the unknown and I've got to either sink or start swimming. I definitely did not fully trust myself to not watch hours of Gordon Ramsey mentally damaging people while stroking my blue raspberry italian ice fetish. Amazingly though, I managed to take charge and really get on top of it all. Granted I had a little help from my mom with organizing my pill case, I haven't forgotten a single thing. I've even had chest PT multiple times since they've been gone! I have to admit, compliance with nebulizers has never been my strong suit, and it may not have been perfect 100 percent compliance, but I've been so much better than I ever thought possible! My mom has been crushed ever since we found out how truly severe my liver damage has gotten. She feels she missed something and so it is her fault it got as bad as it did. That couldn't be further from the truth, but I knew anything I could say with words wasn't going to change her mind. So I saw the opportunity to be here alone as an opportunity to prove to her that I truly am okay. Yes, I may have liver damage, but she raised a young woman who is much stronger than that. I'm not just going to let my liver defeat me. I am strong enough to overcome that and continue to fight not only with her help but on my own two feet as well. I'm hoping that when everyone arrives home she will know that not all hope is lost, and it isn't her fault shit went bad because no matter what the cause was we are strong enough to get through it. Keep fighting guys, and no matter what remember that you are capable of taking on challenges and overcoming them, no matter how big or small.

🌺MAGGIE BABSON 🌺