BrainOut!
The mumblings of a Christian autistic husband, dad, IT guy and amateur radio operator - Will Brokenbourgh / AF7EC
I Can Do Laundry!
I can do laundry! 
You might be thinking "Big whoop, Will...anyone can do laundry". Actually, not everyone can. I couldn't do laundry for months due to the life-threatening issue I was facing, so being able to do laundry is a big deal!
Weakness and another brush with death
Since about September of 2024, I was limited in what I could do every day. I was weak, I was losing
blood and I couldn't do anything more than sit and watch videos or use my laptop for a short time. I
was in a bad way. The things I could do before were a distant memory and this brought frustration
and tears.
I wasn't able to lift anything more than five pounds or so. I wasn't able to bend over enough to pick something up off the ground. Any car ride to a doctor or the ER introduced more loss of blood. I nearly didn't make it from losing too much blood one time -- I was rushed to the emergency room, had emergency surgery and had to receive several blood transfusions and was close to dying.
God is healing me
But my life here on Earth is not done until God says it's done. Several surgeries later and
by no small miracle, I sit here today, alive, healing, able to do laundry, bend over to pick things up,
can carry slightly heavier things and now can go on car rides without losing blood. What a blessing!
"You just have good doctors. Where's the miracle in that? Yes, my medical providers are very good and the care I've received has been the best you can get in this area, but even the best surgeon can't make someone's body heal -- only God can do that. Plenty of folks have undergone fantastically successfuly surgeries, only to pass away days or weeks later. God has been merciful to me and to my family -- I'm still here.
I have a fantastic wife!
I truly do have a fantastic wife! While she could have distanced herself from me, she instead came
along next to me and supported me through these challenging times. In a past marriage, I experienced
emotional and marital abandonment when I was suffering severe depression (mostly due to my
then-undiagnosed autism) and it was devastating. I've since forgiven that person, but at the time,
being in that state and not having anyone here on Earth to offer support and encouragement made things
thousands of times worse. My physical health deteriorated as well as my mental health. My marriage
became even worse and eventually it ended. Just like a neglected house plant, I was wilting and dying
inside. Again, I have forgiven that person and don't hold it against them now, and hope that they can
forgive me for my emotional and physical weakness during those troubling times.
My current wife could have checked out and left me to rot, but instead she has shown unusual kindness and love, despite this whole thing taking a huge toll on her. She has been woken up in the middle of the night to drive me nearly eighty miles to the nearest compentent emergency room as I bled out. She's had to rearrange her schedule countless times to take me to surgeries, lab draws and doctor visits. She's had to take on many extra duties around the house on top of what she already was doing. She's missed family get-togethers, church and other activities throughout all of this. My wonderful wife has done her absolute best to keep me comfortable, well fed and alive during these very difficult months. Yes, she's suffered sheer exhaustion from all of this, but our awesome Lord Jesus has given her supernatural strength to endure -- all praise and glory to him, and thank you my dear wife for being so giving of your time, strength and Jesus within you!
What lies ahead
I still have at least one more surgery to go through, plus weeks of very uncomfortable treatments, but
I'm sure God will get me through all of them. I look forward to the day when I can start working on
our car again, can finish fixing our fence and do other more strenuous activities that folks sometimes
have to do. And who is the one that makes all this possible? My awesome God, that's who!
God bless you, and thank you for reading!
About me
First and foremost I'm a follower of Jesus Christ. After that, I'm a blessed husband,
father and grandfather. I do remote computer work for a living although it's mostly
part-time. I'm an amateur radio operator - AF7EC. When I'm not working on the endless
list of house and car projects, I like to tinker with electronics, like to listen to
shortwave radio and write software (mostly open-source) in C, C++, Python and Free
Pascal. I usually run Linux as my main operating system but sometimes I'm forced to
endure macOS and Windows 11 for gaming with my son or testing software. Overall, I am
a big nobody, but always willing to share about Jesus and all that God has done for me
and my family.
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