One year ago, at this very moment...

I was laying in a hospital bed, scared and alone, fearing the worst. With tubes in me and machines beeping all around me, I received three units of blood from three wonderful strangers. Stricken with an illness that could have very well taken my life.

Today, I'm not.

I'm in remission. No prednisone pills. No erythropoietin shots. No tubes. No beeping. No tears.

And I'm so, SO grateful.