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Raoul’s 2 cents<\/span><\/h4>\n

A Parking Spot<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
[This article is a little religious so skip to the jokes if it makes you nervous please.]<\/pre>\n
There’s a joke about a woman looking for a parking spot during the frenzy of a Christmas Shopping. It’s so crowded that she makes a desperate deal with God: “I promise to give up my bad habits, forgive all my enemies and start going to church if you grant me a teenie weenie space.”<\/em> Suddenly a spot opens and she looks up and says “Oh, never mind God, I found one!”<\/em><\/p>\n
Many of us experience a miracle and we never even know it.<\/p>\n
I don’t want to harp on my recent illness but it would be a crime if I didn’t thank you for your prayers. They truly helped in my most painful moments. For those who don’t know the history of my remark, I’ll try to explain as concisely as I can.<\/p>\n
Almost 2 months ago my blood pressure (BP) went up and, because of the pandemic, I had to meet my doctor via zoom. My regular doctor was unavailable so a temporary doctor stepped in. She looked like she was still in intern school and I had little confidence on her prognosis. This “Doogie Howser”<\/em> gave me 4 times my regular dosage of my BP medication. I reluctantly followed her advice. In a few hours, I got all weird inside — naueseuos, weak, muscle aches, exhaustion, chills — it was as if well-mannered Dr. Jekyll was convulsing into the sinister Mr. Hyde. Sure my BP went down but oooh!<\/em> my body turned into a useless shell. I was literally thinking “is this where it ends?<\/em>” My wife rushed me to the Urgent Care and then the Emergency Room. I was in pain but at least I wasn’t gonna die.<\/p>\n
I scheduled a second zoom meeting with my regular doctor and I complained that I was too weak to even turn over in bed without difficulty. I would wake up with frozen fingers difficult to bend. I couldn’t work. A few minutes on the computer and I needed to rest. The doctor feared that I developed fibromyalgia and I would have muscular aches for the rest of my life. I researched on how to cope with the disease only to find there is no cure. I would never play the guitar again, I would never sing again … my squiggly writing told me I would never draw again. I blamed that young doctor who triggered my failing nervous system.<\/p>\n
(I do have to mention that I could barely walk when I went to Dr. Wendy, a skilled chirpractor, who put my aching bones in place and allowed blood to flow correctly. She was amazing.)<\/p>\n
Here’s the twist. What I thought was the Kiss of Death<\/em> from the overdose turned out to be a blessing from God. Doogie Howser<\/em> gave me a Matrix choice — the BLUE pill (weeks of nausea) or the RED pill (a heart attack or stroke and open heart surgery) — and I took the BLUE pill. I only now understood why they gave me an EKG and a brain scan. They were looking for a blockage. I should have had a heart attack.<\/p>\n
My daughter (a nurse) said after living with abnormal hypertension all my life, my body was just adjusting to “normal.” I’ve waited patiently for almost 2 months since the start of my demise and today I went to my cardiologist for my cardio echo test (no results yet but I feel good about it). I believe I’m back! BP is OK and no more muscular pain. A miracle touched my tired body. God gave me a parking spot.<\/p>\n
We have an amazing God who listens and answers prayers … YOUR prayers. I mean it guys, thank you.<\/p>\n
TGIF people!
\nRaoul<\/p>\n
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Thanks to Art of Sierra Madre for this timely gag.<\/h6>\n
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<\/div>\nThanks to Bernie of Fairfax, Virginia for this joke.<\/p>\n
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Original Drawing by Raoul Pascual<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Video of the Week<\/span><\/h2>\n
Thanks to Mel of Washington, DC who shared this video.
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