Not a good day. Nothing is improving and my breathing is very shallow. Still waiting for the immunoglobulin stimulant to kick in. That might start a recovery. If not, we're running out of options.
80 thoughts on “Health update”
Comments are closed.
Cats, charts, and politics
Hang in there, Kevin. Make it your mission to outlive the Mump presidency.
Hold fast! It's going to work. You are in our thoughts.
Still holding you in the Light, and thinking of you constantly. Sending love to you, Marian, your mom, and Inkblot's Aunt. You've got a solid team.
Adjust for inflation, and keep plugging. You’ll get there.
Kevin, when I first chanced upon your blog I was elated. It is the first and last thing I check on-line every day.
That said, you can chuck the blog if you want to. I just want you to leave that hospital alive and on the mend. Thank you for everything.
I second this.
As do I. When you pull through keep your health as your first priority and all of us as second.
Although I'd appreciate it if you'd keep up the Friday catblogging!
Me too. Thinking of you.
Thanks for the updates. Not your fault, but you've had us all really frightened. Your health and well-being are curently my #1 concern after my own elderly mother's. Hold on, hang in, and feel as well as possible in the meantime.
Agree with this 🤞
N:th this.
Hi Kevin. You've been a part of my life for the last 15 years. I would be devastated.
Praying for your recovery.
Kevin, you have had so many ups and downs during your treatment for MM. I am hopeful this will be the down followed, as it always has, by the up. I'll be more specific with my upcoming prayer on your behalf. It's all about the ups.
Please do whatever makes you happy. Rest and let your loved ones pamper you. Right now, Trump, Musk and politics can continue to self-destruct while you get better. Yes, we need you back publishing your wise, informed, logical, suffer no fools point of view - but for now take it hour by hour, day by day and we will all be waiting no matter how long you need to take.
Still hoping for the best for you. You have a lot of people in your corner.
So many of us checking in with you daily, sending good vibes and thoughts. Please get better. We care deeply, probably more than we ever realized.
Seconding all the above sentiments. Much love, K.
I have been a follower since Calpundit and obsessively refresh this blog. Never so much as right now, though. Rooting for you.
Sorry you still feel awful. Hang in there, the Immuno Goblins will start working soon.
(A long time ago a relative had an immunoglobulin transfusion, and that's what one of the kids at the time called it.)
Hang in there Kevin. We’re internet strangers, but I know YOU very well. You’re a daily companion. Sending good wishes to you and your family on a beam through a galaxy of love. Peace and love.
Hang in there, Kevin—hope the immunoglobulin stimulant starts working very soon!
All best wishes for your improvement, however slow it may be this time, & eventual upswing & recovery. And i don't give a hoot if you do lunch with Republican friends weekly, as alleged by some of your readers - you're not MAGA material!
Just so glad you were able to post today
Hang in there Kevin. I echo the sentiment of "AfterTheGoldRush". You have been a constant companion even before your days at MotherJones. My wishes to you and your family as you bounce back from this recent episode.
Have they tried ivermectin yet? I hear it's a miracle drug, but it may leave you a little horse.
Keep up the fight, Kevin. You've got a lot of people rooting for you out here.
Another Message of Support. Hoping for the best for you and adding prayers. If you think of it - tell Marian we're thinking of her as well and keeping her in our thoughts too. (Unless she's handling the posts. /wave Marian!)
Luckily RFK Jr. has only been in charge of medical research for a few days.
Hoping you feel better soon.
Kevin, even when I don't agree with your takes, there's a reason I read them before anything else. You're always current, always try to dig down, and question the consensus. I really hope you are out of the hospital and writing 5 years from now. Good luck, get better.
as a 8 year MM fellow traveler and now also a 2 month prostate cancer fellow traveler, I am looking forward to you showing me the way for a long time to come as you have in your always insightful blogging for the last 2 plus decades.
love and hope to you and Marian.
Kevin, just adding to number of people here that have been reading you for a long time and how we deeply appreciate you and your work. It’s funny how often things you have written end up in my conversations/arguments. Like crime rate and lead. You have helped me be more informed and frankly a better person. I am not sure how or if prayer works, but there is mystery and I am sending you all the best from that which is beyond our understanding. Peace and strength!
“There’s no law that says the universe must work in ways that the overclocked ape h. sapiens can make sense of “
- K. Drum
I hope you can get over this hump.
Thinking of you, Marian, lady Mary and the two critters. Hang in there.
Keep hope alive, KD. And yourself.
No matter what happens, you've made your mark. Regaling countless stories of cats, stars, trains, and statistics – the quintessential human endeavor story telling.
And we are all better for it. Thank you. I will not wish you fair winds nor following seas, because this is not a goodbye.
+10
Well said. "not a goodbye". We have lots of work, Kevin.
Is ECMO an option? It was used a lot in the early Covid days...
Please hang in there.
The first thing checked when I awaken: Am I breathing? It's the most hopeful part of the day. Then attend the cat because he would be eating me if he wasn't getting kibbled. Keep it up, Kevin, we're all rooting for you.
I hope you can feel al of us sending you massive healing energy and may those immunoglobulin stimulants kick in very soon.
We are all pulling for you Kevin!
I also love you, Kevin. I want you to live to see justice. You are an inspiration to so many.