Hey fam.

Almost 5 years ago, my husband was in danger of an infection in his jaw spreading to his brain and killing him. They removed the bad section of jaw, did a bone transplant/graft, and put him on crazy amounts of antibiotics. It was a long, slow heal of mushy food and pain meds. He got better, and we thought we were in the clear.

The infection is back. The bone graft didn't survive as well/as long as they had hoped. It has deteriorated significantly and allowed infection to set in again, and he's going to lose part of his jaw and several teeth. He will have surgery to remove the infection, and see if it's possible to do another bone transplant/graft. They may not be able to, and might have to fit him with a titanium bridge to rebuild…we just won't know until they cut into him. He will get implants to replace the teeth that likely won't make it.

Last time, I was pregnant and went into early labor with our son. I took care of a NICU newborn and my husband. Now we have a 4 year old and a 19 month old, and we are a high risk household so we've been isolation since March of 2020. I work full time from home, and can't bring in help because of covid risk.

There will be at least three surgeries. It's going to be insanely expensive and dental insurance…well it fucking sucks. So they will only cover $700. You heard that right. That won't even cover the fucking anesthesia. We'll make it, somehow – i'm not asking for money. I might be MIA for a while. I may stop in to cry/bitch/update/escape my life for a bit.

ya'll, please send love, light, good vibes, thoughts, pray, meditate, whatever you do – to carry us through this. love ya'll.