Evan and Katelyn

Evan’s back is not ok (Mini Vlog 69)

Added 2023-12-19 21:36:04 +0000 UTC

Hey guys, we wanted to share an update about how Evan is doing. I know we’ve alluded to it in some posts and streams, but we really haven’t talked about the extent of it much or how it’s affected so many things. It started mid October, right before TwitchCon, and at first we thought it was a muscle-related thing, like he had thrown out his back and would be better after a few days. Fast forward two months, many doctors appointments, and one MRI later, we finally know what’s actually going on - a herniated disk and 2 bulging disks. The thing about Evan is he is almost always able to have a positive outlook on things, while simultaneously being really stoic about physical pain (you may remember we filmed a whole video while he had appendicitis and wrote it off as a stomach ache), so it’s hard from the outside for people to see how much this really affects him. Even his doctors were surprised at how bad it really was when they actually saw the MRI.

He just started physical therapy and we are hoping that it will help him slowly but surely get better without surgery, but we don’t really know what that path is gonna look like, how long it will take, or if ultimately he’ll need surgery in the end anyway. What this might mean is slowing down a bit on main channel videos (which are the most demanding of time and energy) so that we can account for more rest time in between things. But we’ll play it by ear. As Evan mentions in the video, we don’t feel pressure from you guys or people that watch our videos to keep making videos, we do it because it’s what WE want to do. So we know we can take a bigger break if we need to. Thanks y’all for the support as always, and for understanding -Katelyn