Well fucksticks. I am writing this as I sit just outside of Children’s Hospital. Luke woke up yesterday a bit worse, definitely not better. I called BMT line and they had him come in immediately. Since I have covid, GG (my mom) drove him. His dad had left to go out of town the day before. Yes, you read that correctly. His O2 was hovering in the 70% so they immediately put him on oxygen. Also redid a chest X-ray that showed progression of pneumonia. They don’t know what kind of pneumonia. His labs came back with a jump in ANC and all other good things. His liver enzymes have gone down but are still quite high. He was admitted. They took him down for a CT that shows very diffused opacities and some other medical jargon I don’t fully understand, even though I have a medical degree. GG stayed with him until his dad flew back and got to the hospital. Luke is wanted me close by, as I also want to be close by, so I got a hotel room right across the street. I can play frogger and get across Colfax fast, if I need to. They moved him from 5 liters of regular 02 to positive high flow o2. In the middle of the night, they moved him to the PICU. They are focusing on his lungs and his breathing. He is scheduled to go to OR at any minute to perform a bronchoscopy. They will stick a camera down him and go into his lungs and gather a bunch of cells. They are trying to pinpoint if this is some sort of lung disease, virus, fungal, or bacteria so they can treat it exactly. In the PICU they started a bi-pap mask. They anticipate his lungs struggling quite a bit after the surgery so it sounds like they are prepared.

I have my full disguise ready to bust into the hospital if my boy needs me. I know so many people there, hence why I need a disguise. They all know i have covid but there is nothing anyone can do to keep me away from him if he needs me. He is under the best care at Children’s with the most brilliant, loving, caring teams. I know Dr. Kohler is watching and consulting every move. Thanks for the unconditional love and support from my posses that have sent and just shown up with so much in the last 24 hours. It is overwhelming and I/we feel so very very loved. Anxious to pay it forward.

Buckets of Love and Triple Fucksticks,

Suz