Eli

So I'm on the partner shuttle bus, which runs in between MGH, Master General Brigham, Spalding, and the bus breaks down, and I get out. It was the first time I kind of looked around. I see this high-rise, and it says, moving today, three months free, and I was like,

So I'm on the partner shuttle bus, which runs in between MGH, Master General Brigham, Spalding, and the bus breaks down, and I get out. It was the first time I kind of looked around. I see this high-rise, and it says, moving today, three months free, and I was like,

free that sounds really good so I was like we'll meet in there we go in there still COVID lockdown bunch of people in masks they're very happy they're like what do you need and I'm like uh accessible and affordable and this place didn't look affordable at all it's like well we got one place it's got kind of a bad view I'm like again I haven't showered in like three months and he's like well you smell great and I'm like thanks

free that sounds really good so I was like we'll meet in there we go in there still COVID lockdown bunch of people in masks they're very happy they're like what do you need and I'm like uh accessible and affordable and this place didn't look affordable at all it's like well we got one place it's got kind of a bad view I'm like again I haven't showered in like three months and he's like well you smell great and I'm like thanks

and he showed me this place it worked it turned out with the three months free to be cheaper than the inaccessible spot i was playing for so it was like a no-brainer i just moved here and that's how i ended up here and how you saw me shaking like a leaf in the elevator

and he showed me this place it worked it turned out with the three months free to be cheaper than the inaccessible spot i was playing for so it was like a no-brainer i just moved here and that's how i ended up here and how you saw me shaking like a leaf in the elevator

Eli was helping me write letters in the kind of infancy of my recovery or email. And I was like skeptical, but I knew I wanted to. I just needed time. He was very respectful of that, you know, regardless what he was feeling inside. I think the first time I saw him was at Mass General Hospital, and he just came to visit me. I just felt, I felt kind of uncomfortable.

Eli was helping me write letters in the kind of infancy of my recovery or email. And I was like skeptical, but I knew I wanted to. I just needed time. He was very respectful of that, you know, regardless what he was feeling inside. I think the first time I saw him was at Mass General Hospital, and he just came to visit me. I just felt, I felt kind of uncomfortable.

There was this, like, awkwardness because I knew, or I kind of knew what he was going through, like, watching me die. I could only imagine his wife died, his dog died. But yeah, just took it slow. And it was like, you know, felt like we kind of picked up where we left off in a way. And not really going into any details of like, that was really hard watching you storm. Or are you divorced?

There was this, like, awkwardness because I knew, or I kind of knew what he was going through, like, watching me die. I could only imagine his wife died, his dog died. But yeah, just took it slow. And it was like, you know, felt like we kind of picked up where we left off in a way. And not really going into any details of like, that was really hard watching you storm. Or are you divorced?

Or any of that. It was just like, how you been? You know, casual talk, normal talk.

Or any of that. It was just like, how you been? You know, casual talk, normal talk.

I was working on a book proposal. I was just like doing interviews like this with people. And I was like, hey dad, can we put on the GoPro and let me just like ask you some things? And he was like, yeah. And that was the first time on a live recorded interview we really went into it. And I'm just kind of like... Okay.

I was working on a book proposal. I was just like doing interviews like this with people. And I was like, hey dad, can we put on the GoPro and let me just like ask you some things? And he was like, yeah. And that was the first time on a live recorded interview we really went into it. And I'm just kind of like... Okay.

He never pried and felt the need to be like, and this happened, and this, and this. That's just who he is. He's not trying to overwhelm people's stuff. And probably he's like, well, my son's ready to ask me about whatever I'll tell him. And that's how it went.

He never pried and felt the need to be like, and this happened, and this, and this. That's just who he is. He's not trying to overwhelm people's stuff. And probably he's like, well, my son's ready to ask me about whatever I'll tell him. And that's how it went.

When Jake began to recover, a photograph was shared with him showing this exact moment. And then my mother-in-law sent me this picture. And I was like...

When Jake began to recover, a photograph was shared with him showing this exact moment. And then my mother-in-law sent me this picture. And I was like...

I remember getting me into the house up these icy stairs. I mean, I almost got dropped and rolled out of the gurney and I'm on this ventilator. And there's like, I don't know, 30 of her friends, a couple of the bridesmaids from my wedding were there. And, you know, I can't move or signal I'm in this breathing machine. I think it was a sad, uncomfortable, and confusing vibe in there.

I remember getting me into the house up these icy stairs. I mean, I almost got dropped and rolled out of the gurney and I'm on this ventilator. And there's like, I don't know, 30 of her friends, a couple of the bridesmaids from my wedding were there. And, you know, I can't move or signal I'm in this breathing machine. I think it was a sad, uncomfortable, and confusing vibe in there.