When the Running Stops
My Journey
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I stood frozen in my space, unable to move, not sure what just happened. I believe I went in and out of consciousness. Then I saw a glimmer of light. I could hear myself saying something was wrong. Oh boy! I was home alone and the phone was upstairs. I have to get upstairs, I kept saying.
Then the voice returned and lead me to the sofa, not far from where I was exercising. I lay on the couch for a period of time; I was not sure how long I lay there. Before I woke up, I saw a very bright light. It was so bright. Then I stood up and as I did so I felt somewhat better. My head did not hurt as much, and I found the strength to go up the stairs. I had ten steps to climb: the first five, then a platform where the front door was located. When I got to the platform I unlocked the door sensing that I would most definitely need help and if I was unconscious when help arrived, then they could not enter without breaking down the doors. Then I climbed the other five stairs that took me to the second level and to my bedroom. My phone was laying on the nightstand next to my bed and so was my blood pressure machine. The first thing I did after laying on my bed was take my blood pressure. It read 198/113. Wow! I thought, This was never my BP. Something was definitely wrong.
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Rosalind Noreiga's job as a registered nurse was to care for others. She never imagined that she'd wake up healthy one day and be undergoing surgery the next.
But that is exactly what happened to the marathon-running nurse after she suffered an aneurysm that threatened to take her life.
In this memoir, she recalls growing up in her native Trinidad and Tobago, growing up in a large family, and discovering a lifelong passion for running. She also explores her struggles in America raising a son as a single mother but never losing her faith when life seemed most fragile.
With striking candor, she describes the moment-to-moment trauma, treatment, and aftermath of the two aneurysms she suffered as well as her recovery and ultimate return to work.
Join the author as she looks back at immigrating to a new country, working several jobs, going to school, getting divorced, raising a son on her own, and fighting to survive in this heartfelt memoir.
About the Author
Rosalind Noreiga was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. A strong, independent, and ambitious woman with a great sense of humor, she is a registered nurse with a BSN and almost fifteen years of nursing experience. She practices nursing at a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida, and is passionate about running and dancing, which she chronicles in this memoir.