ivanafterall ☑️

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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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  • Just awful. I remember sitting on the couch, friends were over, my ~1-year-old son was sick/feverish but still happily toddling about, came over to me, eyes rolled back, he collapsed backward and was convulsing. I picked him up and was cradling him, sort of yelling at/pleading with him/trying to comfort him? Just panicking basically. Friends called ambulance, I ran outside in barefeet holding him still completely limp. Ugh. There was absolutely no thinking, in that moment, that “this is totally fine and okay/harmless,” even though that was the general response of the various, multiple hospital people.











  • I’ve pushed 300 pounds and I’ve been in-shape sufficiently that some bulge-y muscles were showing.

    The difference in day-to-day fucked with my head in ways I didn’t expect. And you don’t exactly get a ton of sympathy. “Holy shit, why is everyone staring at me.” It’s just a lot after spending most of your life invisible.