31 year old lady

Hi, my name is Erin, and I’m 31 years old. I like cats and hamsters and I dislike losing my hair to malnutrition. 6 months ago, I almost died in Hawaii. The Hawaiian Fire Goddess known locally as Pele set fire in my lungs with her sulfuric ash of glass. Because of that, I recently went through an evaluation for a double lung transplant, because I have Cystic Fibrosis. My transplant team decided to defer me, which means I am currently not waiting for a lung transplant and I’m not on the list. It is still too early in my disease progression for this life saving procedure. The evaluation week I went through is colloquially called “hell week”, because it’s actual hell. Imagine having every test under the sun run on you, and then more, and that’s what it was like. I found out that I have a hole in my heart (literally and metaphorically). These things will be fixed in time.

The next step in my health process is to start a round of IV antibiotics for about 6 months. Yes, 6.

I like this picture of me & my cat Mo because we both are cute and I’ve gained weight. I’m currently over 100 lbs, which is a huge mile marker for me. So here is a photo to commemorate that.

Anyways, here is a list of things I like and dislike as a 31 year old lady…

Likes:

1. The Starbucks located inside Target

2. My Favorite Murder podcast

3. Crocs

4. When Chris makes me homemade pizza

5. Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s dog Pixie

6. Activia probiotic yogurt

7. Watching the Kardashians

8. These earrings that I’m wearing that I got in Hawaii that remind me about death and stuff

9. Making banana bread

10. Re-watching old Jenna Marbles youtube videos

11. 75 degree days in Florida

Dislikes:

1. Losing my hair

2. The Mexican Pizza’s at Taco Bell (don’t @ me)

3. When my coffee gets cold

4. Politics

5. Almost dying

6. Having to pick up the tumbleweeds of Archer’s fur around the house

7. When my friends aren’t on TikTok and I can’t send them freakin TikTok’s I like!

8. The fact that there won’t be a Queen of England for a very long time

9. Root canals

10. Having to give vials and vials and vials and vials of blood. And vials and vials..

11. Odd numbers