His gratitude for the UC Irvine team feels raw, not rehearsed, as he talks about IV antibiotics, sleepless nights, and the slow, careful monitoring that pulled him back from the brink.
What lingers, though, is not the medical detail but the moral urgency. He urges people to listen when something feels wrong, to stop treating pain and exhaustion as background noise. He admits he still has work he believes he must finish, but the subtext is unmistakable: no title, no legacy, no agenda outruns the body. The clock is ticking for everyone, and most of us won’t get a warning this loud.
