REAL TALK

Real Talk…

After my father passed away I really did not care nor want to hear anything about my own health. Doctors freaked me out and hospitals where just out of the question. Which ended up with me being told I am Type 2 diabetic during the pandemic. And as many of us did during this pandemic I just soothed myself in all the wrong ways.

Fast forward to last Wednesday, the 70 degree day here in the Portland are, I am wrapped in blankets shivering and with a fever. Took Covid test as you do now and they both were negative. Later came to find out that my resting hear rate that night while I was sleeping was 100+. The next was worse and painful. I had developed an abscess, I will spare the details on all that. So my amazing wife Kaitlyn took me to urgent care where they took my vitals and said “ You are not waiting” and took me right in. Urgent care doctor said we are transferring you to the ER. By midnight I was told my body is fighting an infection that had become really bad due to not taking care of my Type 2, and they were going to have to keep me for a while. So they admitted my in the same hospital ….where my father was when he got sick, same floor, two rooms down from where he was. When I woke up that morning the nurse introduced himself as Nermin… I recognized his voice and his tool belt he used to keep all sorts of “nurse things.” He was my fathers nurse when he was sick here. That is when reality of it all hit me so hard.

The doctor was blunt with me. “If you would have waited one more day, you would have had a heart attack and or this infection would have gone to your blood. You are very lucky.” Maybe Dad was trying to give me this wake up call. Maybe it was the universe. Whatever it was… I am listening. I want to thank everyone who reached out via social media, text and called, it means a lot. Thank you to my family for all the love and support. Most of all thanks to Kaitlyn Coca, my amazing wife who was stronger than I have ever seen anyone be. She is why I am still here and I will never forget that. To grow old and older with you is a gift in itself Kaitlyn. Home has never felt so good.

I hope to be back creating some music soon. I feel like I have something to say again. And It’s true. I am lucky.

-WC