With her permission, I wanted to share that she's been in the hospital for treatment after her vision deteriorated and has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Through the whole week, she's been keeping me updated by email as much as possible, with her usual frank wit. She's okay, she's now at home recuperating from what turned out to be optic neuritis, and she's resolved to show up to the pub tonight and take her usual seat at the bar.
In the meantime, I hope you'll take a moment to send some good thoughts or restorative energy or prayers or whatever you've got her way.
As for me, Broce, knowing that integrating a life-chanting diagnosis into your world is a big task that can easily overwhelm, I offer you "40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes," which comes via Recon, who says it made him "want to jump out of my chair, scream 'Freedom!', crane-kick a Californian teenager, dance with Ewoks, and high five Jesus on the cross." And who couldn't use inspiration like that?
We loves ya, Broce.
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