Maria Hinojosa

Being accountable to somebody else like that, it was uncomfortable.

Yeah. So this whole scene was very scary. Let me set it up for you. It was a few years back. I'm getting home from the Dominican Republic and I get this text from Suave and it says, I'm in the hospital. And then he goes like radio silent. So, you know, I'm calling Julieta, I'm calling his brother, I'm calling any contact that I have close to Suave, just like, where is he?

Yeah. So this whole scene was very scary. Let me set it up for you. It was a few years back. I'm getting home from the Dominican Republic and I get this text from Suave and it says, I'm in the hospital. And then he goes like radio silent. So, you know, I'm calling Julieta, I'm calling his brother, I'm calling any contact that I have close to Suave, just like, where is he?

Yeah. So this whole scene was very scary. Let me set it up for you. It was a few years back. I'm getting home from the Dominican Republic and I get this text from Suave and it says, I'm in the hospital. And then he goes like radio silent. So, you know, I'm calling Julieta, I'm calling his brother, I'm calling any contact that I have close to Suave, just like, where is he?

And of course, my biggest fear is that nobody knows where he is. Finally, my phone rings and I take it immediately and it's Suave, but he doesn't sound like himself.

And of course, my biggest fear is that nobody knows where he is. Finally, my phone rings and I take it immediately and it's Suave, but he doesn't sound like himself.

And of course, my biggest fear is that nobody knows where he is. Finally, my phone rings and I take it immediately and it's Suave, but he doesn't sound like himself.

Hello? Oh my God, Suave, por favor, just tell me, first of all, are you going to be okay?

Hello? Oh my God, Suave, por favor, just tell me, first of all, are you going to be okay?

Hello? Oh my God, Suave, por favor, just tell me, first of all, are you going to be okay?

Oh, my God, Suave. And now is when you're calling me? A day and a half? Why didn't anybody call me?

Oh, my God, Suave. And now is when you're calling me? A day and a half? Why didn't anybody call me?

Oh, my God, Suave. And now is when you're calling me? A day and a half? Why didn't anybody call me?

I mean, you can hear it in the tape. I was weeping. I was terrified.

I mean, you can hear it in the tape. I was weeping. I was terrified.

I mean, you can hear it in the tape. I was weeping. I was terrified.

But Suavez says that wasn't the worst part.

But Suavez says that wasn't the worst part.

But Suavez says that wasn't the worst part.

So what happens at that moment is that I'm on the phone, freaking out, trying to get details, and then the doctor comes in. I absolutely was like, I have to take care of this person. The mother in me was just like, I have to take care of this person. I know how to manage hospitals. I know how to talk to doctors. My dad was a doctor. I was like, honestly, I'm going to fucking save the day here.