Firstly, my deepest condolences for the loss of your brother. You certainly had a difficult few weeks and it was understandable why you had to be absent from Medium. COVID always seem to hit us at the most inconvenient times, but glad you have recovered. It is good you now have a working laptop/computer. (You could have returned the iPads to factory settings and deleted all apps and passwords off them, then start afresh.)
Anyway, thanks for sharing your situation, and welcome back.