The first deep breath of a restored chest

Dear Delyara, After months of battling a severe, chronic respiratory infection that left me gasping for air after walking up a single flight of stairs, I woke up this morning at 5:00 AM and felt a strange, beautiful light inside my chest. I sat up, took a slow, deep, unrestricted breath, and felt my lungs expand completely without a single cough, a single rattle, or a single spark of pain. I sat there in the quiet morning light, breathing in the cool air of my room, tears of pure relief leaking from my eyes. You don't realize how precious the simple act of breathing is until you have to fight for every single gasp. My health has returned to me, and I feel like I have been given a brand-new body, ready to take on the world.