Becca Peter
@DefectiveBecca
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That “vigilante blogger” in LuLaRich. My son Eddie died from an embryonal brain tumor in November 2023.
Lopez Island, WA
Joined September 2021
My husband wrote the most wonderful post about Eddie and I wanted to share it on this site: . Grief is the price paid for love, and Eddie was loved deeply by a great many people. Our grief is acute and intensified by the wonderful individual Eddie was.
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When my kids were little one or both of them did something unsafe that scared me. I told them that if anything ever happened to them, that I would be the saddest mommy in the world. Today is 7 months since Eddie died and now I know that is not true.
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Wheelchair users have been trying for ages to raise awareness about their wheelchairs being broken so often when they fly, and the devastating impact this has on them. @AmericanAir baggage handlers decided to give a demonstration of how much they enjoy breaking them 😡
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I lost a child and I am a very sad mommy but I know I’m not the saddest mommy in the world.
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Eddie died so peacefully. He was comfortable and surrounded by love. Children in Gaza are dying cruel painful deaths. Burned alive in places that are supposed to be safe. Starving to death. Dying of infectious diseases because there is no sanitation and no healthcare.
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Last week I saw a headless toddler pulled from the burned remains of a tent that was destroyed by bombs my tax dollars paid for. His name was Ahmed Al-Najjar. He was the youngest in his family. His mother and two siblings also died in the attack.
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Watching my child die peacefully makes the cruelty of what is happening in Gaza eat through my soul and my bones. Death can be peaceful and beautiful even when it is tragic. Death can be cruel and terrible.
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There are layers of trauma that come with the cruelty of losing a child. Our trauma was eased by the love and support we had from our family and friends and everyone involved in Eddie’s care. Our trauma was eased by the months of bonus time we had with him.
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When my 12yo son Eddie was on hospice care due to his brain tumor, I rented a whole movie theatre so he and his best friend could watch the new Indiana Jones movie safely. Eddie had a brain hemorrhage a week before and couldn’t make it. His friend and mom watched it alone.
me and my friends are doing eugenics by going to a public movie theater today.
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Kenny Johnson had been begging for something to be done about BioLab since before the latest fire that spewed toxic gasses all over the Atlanta metro area. He died shortly after speaking at this meeting. The GBI is investigating his death.
Soil and water conservation representative is speaking now. First Black man elected to this position. States that EVERY Rockdale resident needs to go to the doctor to get checkups- because the chemicals handled at biolab "will kill you.".
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A woman with a beehive in Decatur, GA, 14 miles from the Biolab fire, reports that her bees are nearly all dead 😞. Full video:
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I was at the local grocery store a couple weeks ago and snapped a photo of the raw milk because people outside WA can’t believe our state allows it to be sold in regular grocery stores. Now the exact milk I took a photo of has been recalled for E. coli contamination 😬
Washington State dairy again in the spotlight for pathogens in its raw milk; recall issued | Food Safety News
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Eddie was born 3 weeks past his due date, so it seems fitting that he is still here 3 weeks after we entered end of life care.
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Eddie passed away yesterday morning. It was incredibly peaceful. We are devastated to lose him, but thankful we got so much bonus time with him due to the excellent care he received at @seattlechildren
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This is my son Eddie a few months before he was diagnosed with cancer. We used masks/testing/ventilation to keep him free of respiratory illness during this journey, which improved both the quality and quantity of time we had with him. A thread…
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If you want to do something to honor my child’s life, wear a mask next time you go to the doctor’s office or get on a plane. Advocate for clean air everywhere. “Only vulnerable people dying of COVID” means suffering and earlier death for kids like Eddie.
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Eddie stopped breathing yesterday and they called a code blue. They were able to get him breathing again, but we don’t have much time left with him 💔
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Day 17 of end of life care. Eddie continues to be really comfortable most of the time. It originally looked like we would be lucky if we got a few days with him, but now we could have another week+ until he passes.
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My son is spending Christmas in an urn because neither political party cares about pediatric cancer research. Grieving parents can’t raise enough money. Our government just extended existing $12 million/yr and abandoned the other bills. They gave Israel over $17 BILLION in 1 yr
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He did somehow survive the brain hemorrhage, though it left him almost completely paralyzed and made it nearly impossible to communicate. When the movie came out on streaming I paid for it and we watched it on my laptop in the hospital while we waited for his cancer to kill him.
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@DavidBushe72516 @DarylTractor @AmericanAir It never should have gone down that ramp at all, it should have been carried down the stairs.
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After 14 months of fighting brain cancer, we have entered Eddie’s final hospital admission, the one he won’t make it home from.
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After Brad made this tweet, the EPA changed how they report data and took several air quality stations offline from the summary data due to quality issues with the data.
I've been digging through the air quality data from last night. I found chlorine 22 times higher than the action level and oxygen concentration below 19.5%. It hit 14.7% and averaged 18.6%. A change in wind direction will blow smoke back into the heart of metro Atlanta tomorrow.
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One of the biggest issues with encouraging kids with diarrhea to come to school is that most are not great at washing their hands….
As a parent and person who cares about the sanity of teachers, I am saying:. 🙅🏻♀️🙅🏻♀️🙅🏻♀️🙅🏻♀️🙅🏻♀️🙅🏻♀️🙅🏻♀️🙅🏻♀️.NO TO 3-5 WATERY STOOLS IN SCHOOL.
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The creator of this video added more info. I believe they posted the video the same day it happened, November 19, 2023. @AmericanAir
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Eddie updates… . He is doing well. Really stable. He is awake and responsive to us at times. Waves to people if we ask him to. Watches (well listens to) The Office with us. Holds his stuffies. He no longer seems to be about to die.
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If a foreign party blanketed a major metropolitan area with chlorine gas, we would have wall to wall news coverage of the situation with regular updates from governmental agencies. But if capitalism does it, there is little national coverage and the government says it is fine.
I've been digging through the air quality data from last night. I found chlorine 22 times higher than the action level and oxygen concentration below 19.5%. It hit 14.7% and averaged 18.6%. A change in wind direction will blow smoke back into the heart of metro Atlanta tomorrow.
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Our time left with Eddie is almost gone thanks to a brain hemorrhage, but there are kids like him everywhere. Their lives matter. They are worth protecting. It is not acceptable to let them die in order to pretend that life has gone back to normal.
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It has been one week since Eddie left us. Thankful for these sweet photos 🥰
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Universal masking in healthcare settings works and should be permanent.
MANDATORY FFP2 MASKING REDUCED the INCIDENCE of VIRAL RESPIRATORY INFECTION (RVI) from 22.1% to just 2.1% of PATIENTS !!!.
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Imagine being so proud that you are raising your child to be a bully.
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Three months after a brain hemorrhage that he wasn’t supposed to survive, we made it out of the hospital 🥹🥰
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Idk maybe decreasing the oversight of food safety while simultaneously infecting the population repeatedly with a virus that can negatively impact the immune system wasn’t the best idea 😬.
E. COLI OUTBREAK: CDC is investigating 49 illnesses in 10 states linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. If you ate a Quarter Pounder hamburger from McDonald’s and have severe symptoms of E. coli, contact your healthcare provider.
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We are almost at two weeks of end of life care. It’s the most wonderful and horrible of times. Mostly horrible.
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Everyone reading this thread can help kids like Eddie by masking in public, advocating for clean air, staying home when sick, etc. Most illnesses can be spread before symptoms start, you could feel fine but unwittingly harm a vulnerable child.
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Giant Orki here to demonstrate proper mask placement for cetaceans 🫣
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This is one of my all-time favorite photos of Eddie 🥰. We used it on his Lopez Island obituary and on the cover of the program at his celebration of life. I assumed I took the photo, but I learned a few days ago I was wrong…
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We made it outside today! 🎉. Eddie’s first time outside in two months 🥹
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9 day old baby in the UK ends up in the hospital with Covid, meningitis and chickenpox 😩. Imagine if it were standard advice to mask around newborns and avoid taking them out in public as much as possible.
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My son died from a brain tumor that is much less common than pediatric Covid deaths. Rare isn’t rare when it happens to you.
I'm an epidemiologist and a father. I'm not overly concerned about COVID-19 and my daughter's health now in 2025. Here's why:.
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Our hospital just updated Epic/MyChart to show an estimated discharge date, which is a little dark when your child is on end of life care 😬
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My son died a peaceful death and we know we got as much time with him as possible. If he had contracted an illness in those final months, he would have had a less pleasant death and we would have had less time with him 😞.
@capalibara no offense but why would you take precautions around someone who is going to die in a few months? have you ever taken care of someone terminally ill.
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We made 22 visits to the @seattlechildren emergency department in the past 15 months. Universal masking helped keep Eddie safe as we had to navigate crowded check in and waiting areas, my heart breaks that vulnerable SCH patients no longer have the same protection today 😞
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The EPA has stopped monitoring the air quality around the BioLab site even though their readings showed that chlorine gas was continuing to be released into the community.
This video is from Friday, 10-18-24, at AM from the business property of Larry Cox across the street from ground zero of the #biolab #Biolabfire in #conyers Georgia. This video was taken (as I tested Larry Cox's property including soil, residues on compromised trees, and
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The best thing we did as a family for our son during cancer treatment was wear a mask in public indoor places. During that 18 month journey he had zero externally caused illnesses. #MasksWork
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Quite a few of our doctors and nurses cried when Eddie died and I was touched that they cared so much. Normalize being human. Kids dying is sad.
We need to stop shaming doctors & nurses for:. - Seeking mental health care.- Crying if a patient dies.- Needing time to sleep.- Taking vacation. What did I miss?.
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My kids have grown up on a small island that has no retail chains. Their only experience with Pizza Hut was through Roblox. One day we were driving on the mainland and out of nowhere, Eddie says, absolutely flabbergasted, “wait, Pizza Hut is real?”
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@AmericanAir The creator of this video is on Twitter! Incredible gratitude to @DailyyHaeleyy for filming this and raising awareness of how poorly the airline industry treats wheelchairs and other mobility devices.
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I got my Novavax Covid vaccine yesterday and I feel 100% fine today. The mRNA vaccines usually make me feel like garbage the next day. You can find it now at most locations of CVS, RiteAid, Kroger, Costco and by next week it should be at Walgreens and Walmart.
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This is my son Eddie a few months ago as we started fighting his brain cancer. @WADeptHealth has decided to end mask requirements at healthcare facilities. I am asking @seattlechildren to keep universal masking to protect Eddie and all of their kids.
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This is why so many COVID cautious people are also neurodivergent.
The single lone factor common to all the actively covid cautious is the ability to resist peer pressure.
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Part of it is the misinformation that masks don’t work, but honestly the bigger part of it is parents not wanting to look weird and not wanting their kids to look weird. There are a lot of people who would rather die than feel awkward by being the only person in the room masking.
Mask ur damn kids!! If their kids matter to them so much, why are they not masking them?!!!.
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My daughter has been in and out of in-person school since COVID started, but this was her first fall in school. Zero illnesses this fall. Masks work!
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They delayed the release of the latest Covid vaccines to ensure to government didn’t have to pay for them 😞.
We are finally getting updated COVID vaccines. But the CDC's Bridge Access Program, which provides COVID vaccines for free to people who are underinsured, is ending this month. What is the point of having public health tools if the people who need them most can't access them?
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A lot of insurance companies are preparing to no longer fully cover well child visits in 2025 🤦🏻♀️
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I had free masks available at my garage sale. Not many people took them. One person did. They mentioned that they were masking up again as an act of community care, in response to the disabled community. Keep speaking up, there are a few people listening ❤️.
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At one point in time it was considered rude to ask your guests to smoke outside, even though indoor smoking harmed everyone. Kind of like today many people consider it rude to ask a guest to wear a mask.
Indoor smoking is one of the biggest things that has been memory holed. Before a certain date, it was totally normal and did NOT have any type of low class implications. Some non-smokers would put out ashtrays for guests.
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Eddie’s aggressive brainstem tumor easily could have killed him last year. We have been so fortunate that the brain tumor team at @seattlechildren was able to intervene and give us so much quality time with him.
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Came here 4 weeks ago with a brain hemorrhage that he wasn’t expected to survive. Going to do a CT tomorrow and see what his brain looks like now. Since @seattlechildren dropped masking outside of his room, this decision comes with risks that didn’t exist a month ago 😑
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I couldn’t save Eddie from cancer, but quality masks gave us the maximum amount of time and best quality of life for him. Zero respiratory illnesses during the 18 months he had cancer 💪🏻. #MasksWork #KeepMasksInHealthcare.
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Eddie’s immune system has been compromised to varying degrees this entire time. It’s possible that he could have gotten a cold and just been miserable for a few days, but it’s possible a cold could have killed him. Cancer treatment is so miserable, why add more suffering?
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Universal masking is returning to @seattlechildren on Monday October 2nd. It’s awesome that rates of COVID and other diseases are up in the hospital NOW, but Eddie had to be exposed to over a dozen unmasked people in the recovery room after a procedure yesterday 🤦🏻♀️
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Today @seattlechildren announced internally that they have changed their minds about reinstating universal masking and are not going to do it. I’d say FML but it’s more like fuck kids like Eddie. #KeepMasksInHealthCare
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We protected Eddie by always masking in indoor public places, ensuring good ventilation and filtration at home, using tests to help reduce risks with family members (all of whom were also masking in public) and being lucky enough that @seattlechildren was still requiring masking
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Chicago mother comes forward, says her vaccinated 3yo was terribly sick from measles this week, she has no idea how he got it. He is doing better but tonight their unvaccinated 10mo is in the ED with symptoms 😞.
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We got Eddie out of bed and in his new wheelchair today (it still needs adjustments) and it actually went way better than expected!
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Pumpkins are not allowed because of the risk of infection but masks are still optional in the halls and elevators and waiting rooms at @seattlechildren 😞
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I want people to wear a mask, especially in crowded places and especially if they are sick 🤦🏻♀️. At least MAGA are honest that they DGAF about other people.
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I found shirts for Eddie with snaps all around! Have also added leg warmers to the mix 🙂. We also got a referral for a haircut from someone who comes to the hospital and gives kids haircuts 🥰. We finished watching The Office, now on to Parks and Rec.
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We’ve been COVID cautious since Feb 2020. In 2021 we drove cross country and enjoyed life, wearing masks didn’t get in the way of the fun. When Eddie was diagnosed with cancer, protecting him from illness was not a big change to our lifestyle.
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In 2015, a randomized control trial was performed to see if disinfecting toys and linens in nurseries reduced sickness among the children. It did not.
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Universal masking in healthcare settings needs to be permanent.
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I never thought I would get to hear Eddie’s voice again 🥹
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Pediatrician describes a really weird increase in pneumonia in kids. Comments are filled with people sharing their stories.
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“Never get confused for a white woman who voted for Trump” . WEAR A MASK . No one will think you voted for Trump *and* you can do something meaningful to protect your community, both by not being a vector for disease and by helping others feel more comfortable masking.
I’m crying at y’all not believing me about the friendship bracelets lmfao. I wish I was lying but no 😭
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🚨Unvaccinated kids are being allowed to continue to go to school during a measles outbreak🚨. This is unprecedented in the 21st century in the USA. And still no community exposure notifications. This is how measles becomes endemic again. Utter failure @HealthyFla @CDCgov
Updates here: . - 6th case of measles at Manatee Bay Elementary in Broward County reported . - 20% absent today, which hopefully means the unvaccinated children and staff are being excluded during this outbreak . Where is @CDCgov? Where are the community exposure notifications?.
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When Eddie was little we took him to a Thai restaurant. Corn wasn’t on the menu, but the waitress told us that was what he needed and she was right 🥰
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Oh that’s cool that the firefighters working on the smoldering remains of the BioLab explosion are being told they don’t need PPE 😬
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A 2018 video from the CDC on how to clean norovirus recommends wearing a mask. A 2017 blog post does as well. But their current pages on noro make no mention of masks 🤷🏻♀️
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Eddie had numerous complications throughout this journey, but respiratory viruses were never one of them. I couldn’t stop him from getting appendicitis from chemo, but I did stop him from getting COVID, influenza, etc. Masks work!.
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5 month old baby in the UK catches measles AT THE HOSPITAL while inpatient for an unrelated reason. Doctors are angry at anti-vaxers but they should be 10x more angry about lax infection control measures that are leading to hospital acquired measles. #KeepMasksinHealthcare
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What?! . My 12yo son had cancer for 18 months until it killed him. A rare and aggressive brain tumor. He had all sorts of complications. At no point was masking a barrier to clear and compassionate communication, and there was a lot of communication.
@PeteUK7 @LibDemPatrick @PeterStefanovi2 @JoFroggatt @ITV No, it really wouldn't Pete. This is nothing to do with personal inconvenience at work. The cost is about the immense difficulties of communicating clearly & compassionately with patients about difficult subjects while masked. And last night was not a clinical setting.
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My daughter told me that she took that photo with her iPad. She was just randomly taking a series of photos of Eddie getting out of the car. I love it that much more knowing that this happy face is him looking at his sister.
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Your child is alive, they weren’t killed by anything, you are just unhappy with who they are. My child was killed by cancer. They are actually dead. It’s not the same thing jackass.
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My passion for protecting vulnerable people from illness isn’t going to end with Eddie’s death. The tools exist to prevent so much pain and suffering and I will continue to advocate for policies and programs that create safe environments for all.
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Another parent posting because their child had pneumonia but the lungs sounded clear and the parent had to fight to get an x-ray and diagnosis.
A parent’s perspective on the “weird pneumonia” that is going around following the summer Covid wave. It sounds like her daughter had a respiratory panel, tested positive for rhino/entero (and presumably negative for everything else).
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If I am showing up in your feed, make sure you are following me because I plan on setting my account to private soon 😕
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When Eddie was a baby, my Grandpapa was so excited to show his first great-grandchild off to everyone at the clinic 🥰
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I wish Eddie had been able to enjoy a childhood of being carefree and goofy like this. He spent the last 18 months of his life in cancer treatment. Getting sick during cancer treatment is not fun at best, and fatal at worst. You can help kids with cancer by wearing a mask.
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6 months ago today Eddie left us 💔. I’m thankful for many things including the 4 months we got with him after the brain hemorrhage that should have killed him.
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Eddie was saving this candy for when he could eat food again 😞
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When my child was dying of cancer at @seattlechildren seeing hospital administrators and other VIPs walking around the hospital unmasked was one of the most discouraging and infuriating things.
Last week members of the @WADeptHealth Executive Leadership Team & I had the honor of giving Grand Rounds at @seattlechildren & then touring the Seattle Children’s Research Institute. Seattle Children's provides hope, care, & cures to help every child & we are proud partners.
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The updated Covid vaccines from Novavax and Moderna have been submitted for approval. They haven’t been approved yet because our government is protecting Pfizer’s bottom line. Covid is surging NOW and kids are going back to school now in some states.
Don’t forget to add vaccines to your child’s back to school checklist ✅. I joined @MayorMikeDuggan in Detroit to remind folks about the importance of routine vaccinations to protect against diseases like measles, polio & chickenpox. More on my visit:
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