Friends,

Mo and I have just returned from visiting Smash in the hospital at UCSF Parnassus. She is currently being moved out of the intensive care unit into a normal room.

As most of you don't yet know, on Sunday she manifested an aggressive bacterial infection in her right arm. It is partially a complication of surgery during her breast cancer treatment during 2005. The current diagnosis is cellulitis (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulitis), but there are other less pleasant possibilities. She has been on broad-spectrum antibiotics since arrival in the ER on Sunday afternoon, and today is sufficiently stable to be moved out of intensive care.

For the past three days, Mo and I have been spending all of our free time (as well as Mo's entire workdays) in the hospital with Smash. Keeping her emotional state stable and her spirits up is critical to beating the infection and recovering quickly and fully. In short, she needs company. She has not lived in San Francisco for a long time, and her family is in the Midwest. Mo and I (not to mention Smash) would super-duper appreciate anyone who can take the time to pay her a visit. If you have met Smash and spent any time with her, you know her to be smart, caring, compassionate, funny... She's super. Please help us support her through what is truly a shitty situation.

If you want to know more, including her location and visiting hours, please contact Mo or I as soon as possible. Tribe message, email, phone, whatever. Fastest response by SMS or email to Mo.

Mo: 203-675-2438, m.khodadoust@gmail.com
B: 408-205-0031, bmc@section9.net