Youngluck's output has been curtailed of late due to a torn ACL he earned playing basketball. That was last week. This morning I got this:

I just got let out of the hospital yesterday.... long story short: Remember my knee injury? It ended up taking medical over 3 days to see me, by the time they got to me, It had spurred an abcess which had gotten infected and they had to rush me out to a hospital with a 104 degree fever... for surgery. I got operated on Monday. got back yesterday... more to come.

That stuff really matters to him. If you've got a card sitting unused in your desk drawer, do me a solid and write him something. If you pass a Hallmark on the way home, grab something funny with semi-naked girls on the front. If you pass the greeting cards on your way to the Pabst in the grocery store, grab something funny. Doesn't matter what.

It's been a hard couple months for our boy. Contact matters a lot to him.