If you have not listened to the previous episodes, I highly suggest to stop the recording and go back to listen to episodes one through twenty-four. Then you will understand some of the conversation my wife and I are about to have. This will be very emotional for Kate, she has never understood why this Satan came to our lives and what we did to make this happen. This is going to be a rough one for me and also you as you hear this raw emotion coming from her.

Kate stares at me and asks me to repeat what I said. We can see Ian at 2PM on Sunday – supervised by both of those people. Matt is going to come over and see him at 12 noon. Yes – we have an appointment to see your son.

The next day Kate phone rings. This is Martha at the Hospital. I am looking for Ian Lucas, is he there? Kate says, I don’t understand, he’s at the hospital. We were there yesterday morning. Martha begins, Are you Kate Locke, Ian’s mom. Yes?  I’m following up on why he has not arrived to the physical therapy ward for his treatments. I have you as his main contact on the medical records. Is this incorrect? Well…. Martha – per your people at your hospital, I am not allowed to see my son and I have no idea where he is. Mrs. Locke, am I missing something? Kate goes through the whole story with her and discusses the whole day yesterday with the nurses not allowing her into the hospital. Martha is pissed, she tells Kate she is going to find out what is going on and I will call you back.

The pandemic is out of control. Ian and Elvira are both in their apartment in Portland and Kate and I are locked in our house in California. Both parties are over 15 hours of driving away from each other – There are no air flights, trains, – only driving or very few busses with social distancing.  And we can’t help Ian. Whenever he goes to the hospital for treatments in Portland he mainly takes the Metro Bus since he can’t drive and Elvira seems to be working on more important things for her like preparing for returning to med school with studying constantly. After finding out about the other guy, there is a cold shiver of hate between them. Ian is living on the couch – even though he is the one that is extremely sick.

The world is now looking at something nobody could understand. People – including Kate and I – are getting very sick and many of these are dying. Tens of thousands are dying around the world every week. Thousands a day are coming down with this thing. Nothing but doomsday is on the TV, social media, radios and of course among friends. It’s so strange what was going on. And with Trump as president at this time, nothing but total shit was being bantered around.

This is a happy episode for Kate and I but, I should bring you up to date. Ian has multiple large melanoma tumors in his brain and they continue to increase the pressures inside his skull. He is living with a crazy bitch who left him for medical school in Philly in August 2019 and then immediately came back to be his martyr and supposedly take care of him. We have been unable to have normal, regular conversations with Ian about anything since her return. Each time we want to have a real talk, we must go to Portland and arrive un-announced. Now, we are now in the year 2020, and the world is about to take the biggest shit you could imagine. That about sums it up and you’re up to date.

As discussed at the end of Episode 18, Kate and I are off to Portland. It’s just after New Year’s and we are packing the car for the trip. We are going to just show up at the apartment with our dog, actually Ian’s dog, to just say Happy New Year and see how he’s doing.

Nutter rides really well in the car. We drive half way there and get a flea bag motel that takes dogs – Motel 6 – we’ll leave the lights on for yah. The dog actually did very well sleeping in the strange room even though the walls are very thin d there are noises – lots of noises. The next morning, we get up and finish the second half of the drive. We find another Motel 6 in PDX – it’s actually right across the road from one of the stores Ian worked for with hardware company. It was sad for Kate to see the store and think of where things are with Ian.

Every week, Kate tries to call Ian, tries to text Ian and then sends a card to his apartment. We have no idea what is going on? Kate is not happy; she is a mess. I am trying to keep her focused on the positives and that is not working at all.

Any information we are getting is from my daughter Nancy and Ian’s real dad Matt Lucas. Matt is worthless for the info; most which is hardly anything and is coming from my daughter Nancy. We understand that at the beginning of September 2019, Ian is allowed to go home but must come to the hospital regularly for extensive therapy to work through his balance and work his nervous system to allow him to get his cognitive skills to start coming back. The tumors are still there, but we never really getting any information as to size or if the treatments are working.