"Drew cannot talk yet but he can write and mouth words."
Six weeks ago, the iconic surf artist Drew Brophy was hit with COVID real bad and was in a coma, ventilator working his lungs, outlook bleak etc.
Now, and as revealed in an Instagram post from his family, Brophy’s health may have turned a corner, and while in a coma the king of Posca pen art was taken on a wild metaphysical adventure.
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UPDATE: Now 6 weeks in ICU. He was on a vent for 4 weeks and now a trach is delivering oxygen, which is less invasive, and he is being weaned off of heavy sedation. Drew is gaining strength back and recovery is happening. His oxygen needs decrease each day. His mind is clear and he is starting to look like himself again.
A week ago I was told he had a small chance of making it. Six days ago he turned a corner and his doctor called him “a Christmas Miracle.”
But our family and friends knew all along that he was going to beat this.
Yesterday Drew asked “what day is it?” I told him Dec 27th and he realized he had been OUT since Thanksgiving. He was surprised and I was afraid the news would send him backwards. But he handled it like the bad @ss that he is!
Drew cannot talk yet but he can write and mouth words. I’m getting better at reading lips.
Drew wrote about a profound experience he had on “the other side,” insight into how EVERYTHING in the Universe works. I’m sure a lot of new art will come out of this!
We have a ways to go, but Drew is getting better. He is fortunate that his body was so strong and healthy before all this. Besides lung inflammation, the rest of his body is in great shape. Yesterday’s CT showed NO permanent damage to his lungs!
We got approval for an experimental drug called Aviptadil. It’s very promising to quicken his healing. I’ve had to go through a lengthy process to get it approved; hours of research, paperwork and phone calls. Finally, it’s been ordered and when they give it to him, his healing will be even faster.
There are many earth angels helping Drew get better – friends that work at his hospital that look out for him and family that send him happy videos to keep his spirits up. And so many friends who have been fundraising, leading prayer circles and taking care of Dylan and me.
Anyone out there been on the other side, too?
I went there, aged ten, after a doctor got the dosage wrong on an anti-nausea drug, turning it into a wild hallucinogenic.
The things I saw shaped my life forever.
Hello miss lady!
Hi guys I broke my neck surfing Kalk bay reef in Capetown in 1996…was the most inspirational and uplifting experience of my life…this is a heavy place where love is less tangeable…there it is overwhelming and totally connected…have NO fear of passing…there is no guilt judgement or shame..only learning..we are here in 3d density for a fleeting moment to learn and grow..mostly through adversity…every is ok…keep your heart and mind open…high personal frequency is the ONLY remedy to the current darkness…we are all one …love from Hugh Ingpen Cape Town South Africa
They finnaly gave him Ivermectin.
This is exactly the experience I had when on LSD!
Yes I am aware of all that. But that is non-sequitur to the focus issue which is covid.
I know exactly what you are saying. I have never been able to really shake it off.
I’m on 12mg ivermectin once a week
It’s a very effective prophylactic that’s endorsed by many medical bodies and trials,
I’d be careful because it’s designed to kill parasites.
Although you are a horse’s ass so maybe it will work for you.
Do you have a partner?
Jesus is my partner.
And I liveand thrive in the glow of His love.
Nice
His eternal love.
Spent several minutes nearly drowning as a kid when an open hot tub filter sucked my torso into it. There’s no other side folks. Only terror and followed by a slow fade to black before waking up in the ICU. Get barrel while you can. The void awaits.
Sounds like what happened to me when I was young. Terror, fade to black, and then waking up in the hospital.
That’s scary but be glad that you didn’t go deeper and experience the Void where all individual things cease to exist and there is nothing but black emptiness. If you enter the void you don’t come back. But on the edge you see that your Self and your whole world is an illusion. There is no you.
So will all your snark BG comments await you next time?
Btw – that’s going to be one hell of a medical bill. Could have been easily avoided, but that’s what happens when people ‘do their own research’ – we all end up having to pay for the ignorance of the dunning-kruger set.
No shit Derek what u see then?
Come on someone tell us about their DMT experience
Yup – been there a few times myself. Never was scared to delve into the brain.
Vaccines aren’t as groovy as a near death triped out coma. Smoke um if you got um.
Aviptadil is an amazing therapeutic. Great to hear your doing better. Cheers to the New Year and many more!
Good to hear. I can’t wait to hear more of this story.
Been there too
Pre birth
Pretty chill.
He was jabbed, kook!
Was he?
DMT… not sure it takes ya to” the other side” but you definitely leave here for a few. Quite visual as well.
The best thing about doing DMT is the irresistible urge afterwards to tell everybody you’ve done DMT
…but it is great
Nice to hear some good news
Pretty sure once he shares his experience, its gonna be bad news.