A THREAD 🧵
My 4 year old niece will be taken off ventilator tomorrow and put to rest after a short fight with Covid in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). She died as a result of medical negligence. Let me tell you the story in the following thread: /1
We must repeat it again and again. The death penalty is immoral. It is ineffective. It is expensive. It is cruel. It is laden with racism. It is full of mistakes. It is wrong. Nothing is made better by the government injecting someone with poison in our name. That is not justice.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to the teams @twitter and @Blackbirds for uplifting my words. Literally.
I was constantly talked over growing up so I can’t believe this is happening.
#Philadelphia
Today is my 40th & I’m fighting #COVID19 & Pneumonia.Nothing I hoped or wished for this bday will happen,so instead please help me raise awareness of the condition #EhlersDanlos I live with & help me get 4000 retweets to tell the world about #EDS & #HSD https://t.co/Z9V8JpfyvN 🤗
Public transit should be free.
Public transit should be free.
Public transit should be free.
Public transit should be free.
Public transit should be free.
Public transit should be free.
Public transit should be free.
Public transit should be free.
Public transit should be free.
@noahfinnadams Depends on the antidepressants. Its honestly just a hit or miss until you find one that works for you biology. And you definitely need therapy alongside it for it to work. I'm on cymbalta and wellbutrin which have helped a lot.
@lil__benadryl I live in PA close to philly. It's better than WV where I was before. I couldn't get the medical care I needed. At least now I'm able to try to work with a team of drs and get me the help I need. Before that wasnt even an option for me bc there werent many experienced drs around
My primary care providers office. This cold weather here is killing my joints and I have to take 2 busses to get there and spend time outside waiting in between the two. It also costs 6 dollars to get there and back. And with next to no income it's hard to afford to get there
@AaronLinguini My forearms are like an inch longer than my feet. My body is just proportioned weird tho. Probably has smth to do w/ the amish/mennonite genetics and the form of EDS that runs in my family. My drs arent experienced enough to be sure what type it is so I dont have a diagnosis yet