Serious and Grim News: Brett

[dwenius]

My very dear friend Brett Summers is currently in Columbia University Hospital in Missouri, and his condition is extremely grave. He has been struggling with alcoholism for some time and developed Hepatitis over the past year. Several stints of rehab were only marginally successful and about a month ago he fell into a coma in his house. He has been in the hospital since then with acute liver and kidney failure. His family and doctors are unsure whether he will live a week, or a month,
or —

I'm flying out tomorrow and hope that he will be out from sedation long enough to know that I am there. If not, I'll play him the Orb, and read to him from Italo Calvino, and leave him the get well cards that Calvin and Rose made, and otherwise keep him company through midday Thursday.

Please send your love and good thoughts for him. Anything you post here, I will do my best to relay. I'll either read it aloud to him or print your words and leave them by his bedside, or both.

Comments

[rachmagnificent.livejournal.com]

Brett,

Brett,

The Colorado contingent is sending you love and strength. You are such an interesting man and we would all be at a great loss without you in the world. I have many fond Flipside memories of you and especially of the last time we saw you here in Denver. You mesmerized us all for hours with your creative creations! We all really hope that you can pull through this dark time and awaken to brighter days.

D & J & L are on their way out to be with you, just hang on!

Love to you and your family,

Rachel and Michael