I am sorry about (Patreon)

Not being around Like normal. 2019 for me has been the worst year in my life so far.

a week after posting here of my last story chapter, Mom and I were unpacking her studio and she collapsed.

she had been feeling odd and complaining of her arm hurting, so I was watching her carefully. A few minutes into unpacking she complained of her chest feeling funny and as I turned around she was now on the floor.

She had a heart attack. luckily, by design, we live not more than half a mile form the hospital. the nearest ambulance is ten minutes away. so i got her in the car and to the er within minutes and her cardiac enzymes confirmed she was having a heart attack.

the problem with a small town hospital is they have to transfer patients to big town hospitals for life saving procedures, but the hospital and staff were very competitive and great.

Mom ended up needing a triple bypass as the doctor, who saved my life 3 years ago, could not get stents in.

while preparing to do the grafts, the surgeon used an ultrasound to mark where he would do the cuts and found out that moms tricuspid valve was leaking badly. 

he was only able to do a partial repair as she needs a replacement but that would require a pacemaker. And that would have caused the grafts to fail.

Mom is home now and while I would like to say she is getting better, the opposite is true. I have had to fight tooth and nails, including getting the media involved just to get her oxygen because her lungs no longer are just not working the way they should. with any movement her blood oxygen levels drop to the low 60's. I am still fighting with her insurance company, who tell me they have never received a request, for cardiac rehab. they have switched to a new provider to handle the claims and they have verbally, without entering things into the computer, because that would look bad, deny service. So when you call to lodge a protest with the insurance company they have no record of care being requested. An undercover sting so to speak with the escalation team at the insurance company and I found that out by attempting to contact them for service and being denied. 

I have been writing, but it is probably crap and will most likely be trashed when i go back and read it. I will start releasing the next book from the death god series, just to be able to give all of you something. And I fully realize that there will most likely be errors inside as it is only nearing the final editing stage.