Katie
You are seeing the girl of my dreams, the most amazing, caring, sweet, sacrificial and loving girl I know. I love you Katie.

Katie, at about 12:30 AM tonight, had an asthma attack, a pretty severe one at that. I was lucky to be able to catch it and get her help. For those of you who don’t know, Katie is 1000+ miles away from me, at school. I deeply care for her, and here is the story of my night.

I recieved a “Nudge” on MSN from Katie. A Nudge, for those of you who don’t know, violently shakes the window of the Instant Message of the person who nudged you, both on your screen and the recipient. I asked Katie what was up, and got no response for several seconds. Luckily, Katie was using her webcam, and I saw her coughing for about 10 seconds continuously. I got worried, picked up the phone and dialed. Ring, ring, ring, the fourth ring comes and she picks up. No confirmation from Katie, as she couldn’t breathe. I calmly instructed her to hand the phone to her roomate and I try to explain the situation. Luckily, her roomate realizes what is going on and tells me she’ll get help. She says goodbye, and hangs up, leaving me desperate and worried. I sit and think for about a minute, with thoughts running through my head like, “What will I do if she’s gone? What am I supposed to do? How can I help?” These desperate questions lead to prayers for Katie. I called Katie’s phone again, hoping the roomate would answer, and she did. I asked if she was any better, and she couldn’t give me much of an answer. With this frightening news, I hung up and started to worry even more, getting to the point where I also couldn’t breathe. Ironically, I was hyperventilating. I was so scared of losing her, that I was breathless. Within a few minutes, Katie’s roomate was telling me to relax, but I was still far too tense. I recieved a text message from Katie saying:

I love you. I am going to be ok, i promise.

This, as much as I wished it would have, did not calm my fears or stop the tears from rolling down my face. I’m not normally one to cry, so this was evident that I was worried. I had never been this scared in my life.

I soon got news that Katie was breathing alright now, which began to relax me. I finally began breathing regularly and sighed a sigh of relief, and prayed a prayer (or two) to God in thanks. He really is amazing. I see the fact that Katie got my attention as a total “God” thing. If she hadn’t have gotten my attention, she could have easily passed out on the floor.

I would like to extend a huge thanks to everyone who helped and supported Katie through this entire event. She will be appreciative of your support, I’m certain. Hopefully now she’s dreaming and safely and soundly asleep. I’m staying awake until she awakes to go to class, just to make certain that I’m around in case anything else happens. I care too much to just “sleep it off.”

For those of you who have actually read this far, leave Katie some love here in the form of a comment, and hop on over to her blog (http://isaiahsevennine.blogspot.com) and leave her some encouragement. She could certainly use some love right now.
I love you Katie.