An Update from Shirtaloon (Patreon)

G'day all. I wanted to give everyone an update, and a sense of what has happened thus far. I was on a big holiday with friends and family when I got sick. Very sick, in a couple of ways that both have high mortality rates. I came close to dying when my lungs and kidneys were unable to support themselves unassisted, but the doctors were able to save me and I ended up in a week-long coma instead.

I am now out of danger and on the road to recovery, but that road is a long one, and has not been without setbacks. I remain hospitalised but grow stronger by the day. The lingering question is how many ramifications of this ordeal will be permanent.

As for when chapters will resume, I can't be certain. Even once I'm out of hospital, there will be home treatment to adapt to. I have had to cancel my attendance at LitRPGcon in July as my doctors think that much travel is too risky with my lungs. That saddens me because I wanted to go enough to risk the USA right now. I do think that July is the most likely window for getting back to the chapters, but things remain up in the air right now, so time will tell.

I would like to thank everyone who has sent well-wishes, and apologise for not answering individual messages as I concentrate on recovery. I'm very much looking forward to being well enough to write, as well as to eating non-hospital food.

-Shirt