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Prayers for scheduled surgery UPDATE 02/05
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01/27/20 10:17 PM
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OK guys, I haven't posted in several days about my friend, Rick Sharp. He's had a rough time but God's will seems to be aligning with his condition(s). When they tried to remove the blood clot from his leg they encountered 'concrete like' matter inside the veins/arteries in his leg and all the way to near his heart on the left side of his body. This all stems from the mass on his left kidney. His blood gasses and internal pressures have finally aligned to allow surgery IF his blood thinner correction works as needed. He will have a team of 4 surgeons and a cardiologist working on him for several hours if all goes as planned. His major veins and arteries in his left side have to be split open to get the hardened cancer deposits out. His left kidney has to be removed. His heart has a valve that may have to be tweaked. ALL of this depends on the blood thinner swap and if the team of surgeons at Huntsville Hospital can't get comfortable with moving forward based on that, Rick will have to be transferred to UAB or Vandy for all the simultaneous surgeries. He's been at HH for 14 days now and finally gotten good levels for moving on this. Basically his life is in the balance. IF he survives he may have resulting issues for the rest of his life. It's uncertain if his 'good' kidney is actually good at this point and that could men dialysis of need for a transplant but only time will tell. This is all scheduled for early Wednesday morning unless things change.
As I've stated before, Rick is like a second son to me and he's reiterated the same back to me as being a father figure to him. I've been going to the hospital almost every day and these final days leading up to surgery are bringing anxiety on him. He's prepared for either side of the scenario and I don't know of anybody any more prepared to meet Jesus than he is. The anguish was present in his wife's face today for the first time. We all know the seriousness and it's here now.
If y'all could, I ask that you pray for God and our savior Jesus Christ to be present in the planning, coordination, guiding the thought processes and movements of instruments involving the massive undertaking of this surgery on Rick.
God bless you all.
Last edited by Wiley Coyote; 02/05/20 12:43 PM.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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01/27/20 10:41 PM
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Praying for all of ya'll. I have to say Vanderbilt is a great hospital along with UAB
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Sent. that a lot for a man to go through It sure is, Ken. It's not certain by any means that he'll make it through. Thank you for your prayers.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Prayers for healing and full recovery.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Sent for all of you, keep us posted.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Sent, Wiley. Sure hope the procedures are a success.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Prayers sent . May God guide the eyes and hands if the doctors.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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01/28/20 07:46 PM
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Well, the surgery IS scheduled to begin around 5:30am tomorrow after a couple of setbacks this week. It’s going to be very extensive and dangerous. They’ll be removing the cancerous kidney and cleaning out his arteries where the cancer has spread all while on heart bypass. They’ve got to lower his body temp into the 30’s and then completely stop his heart because the cancer has spread to the bottom of his heart. They said they’ll then have to slowly warm his body back up afterwards which could take a couple of hours. He has had a lot of anxiety today worrying about his wife and daughters. The surgeons say that after the surgery he may not be conscious again until sometime Friday.
I firmly believe that a double gallows should be constructed on the East Lawn of The White House. Politicians who willfully and shamelessly violate their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America should be swiftly tried and, upon conviction, publicly hanged at sunup the day after conviction. If multiple convicts are to be hanged they can choose with whom to share the gallows or names shall be drawn from the hangman's hat to be hanged 2 at a time.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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That does sound dangerous indeed. Prayers sent for him.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Thanks guys. He’s been in surgery for 4 hours now and got about that much longer to go. We have one update at about 3 hours in and everything was on schedule, no surprises and going well. They won’t give another update till they are through with him. Still a long way to go and your continued prayers are appreciated.
I firmly believe that a double gallows should be constructed on the East Lawn of The White House. Politicians who willfully and shamelessly violate their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America should be swiftly tried and, upon conviction, publicly hanged at sunup the day after conviction. If multiple convicts are to be hanged they can choose with whom to share the gallows or names shall be drawn from the hangman's hat to be hanged 2 at a time.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Prayed first thing this morning for Rick, keep us posted Marlon.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Over 7 1/2 hours in surgery now and a new update that everything is still going well and as planned. Not sure how much longer till they complete all the procedures.
Thank you all again for the prayers.
I firmly believe that a double gallows should be constructed on the East Lawn of The White House. Politicians who willfully and shamelessly violate their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America should be swiftly tried and, upon conviction, publicly hanged at sunup the day after conviction. If multiple convicts are to be hanged they can choose with whom to share the gallows or names shall be drawn from the hangman's hat to be hanged 2 at a time.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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01/29/20 07:38 PM
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Just over 9 hours of surgery. This is from his wife.......
They got the kidney out and all the cancer. They said once they got in there it hadn’t got as close to his heart as they had thought and it came out pretty easily. It was starting to go toward the vein effecting the blood flow to the other kidney but they got that took care of. He lost a good bit of blood and had to have 26 units of blood. They said the next 48 hours are little dicey regarding his heart due to the bypass. But the cardiologist said he doesn’t foresee any problems. He said he did really well. When I find out anything new I’ll let you know. I may be forgetting some info right now. It was a lot to take in. Main thing is he’s doing ok right now.
The grace of God is such a merciful thing. Still praying for full recovery and healing. Thank you all for your prayers.
I firmly believe that a double gallows should be constructed on the East Lawn of The White House. Politicians who willfully and shamelessly violate their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America should be swiftly tried and, upon conviction, publicly hanged at sunup the day after conviction. If multiple convicts are to be hanged they can choose with whom to share the gallows or names shall be drawn from the hangman's hat to be hanged 2 at a time.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Continued prayers for his recovery.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Thanks for the update Wiley!!
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Thanks Marlon, keep us posted.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Any updates? Prayers continue.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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That’s a long tough surgery Your a loyal friend to him! Praying for speedy recovery!
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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UPDATE 02/01
After the surgery on Wednesday he made amazing progress. Mind you, he was opened up from his collar bone to his belly button straight down the center and then across from side to side at his belly button and then continuing down the left thigh almost to his knee. He was doing better Thursday than any of the 4 surgeons (each in his own specialty) imagined that he'd do. Friday morning about 10am they removed a swan tube. The very end of it had been accidentally caught with a small suture or 2 and broke off inside his chest. They had to plan fairly immediate surgery to go back in and get that piece out. At about 3pm they got the team assembled and opened his chest back up and got the piece out, added a couple of small sutures to stop minor bleeding and semi closed him again. We were able to see him before the surgery and he talked a little bit and then we saw him afterward. To date he's had over 40 units of blood and the heart surgeon said that was pretty normal given all that went on. Today he's doing well, still in CVICU and may be in a private room in that area by now. He's talking a little (VERY weak as can be expected) and in a lot of pain but hopefully on oral pain meds by now that will be better than the IV morphine that he's been on. I'm not going back till Monday as I know he needs rest. All in all, he's apparently tough as a pine knot and doing better than expected. Won't know how well his remaining kidney is doing till further along in the healing process. Please continue your prayers for his recovery and healing. God bless you all.
I firmly believe that a double gallows should be constructed on the East Lawn of The White House. Politicians who willfully and shamelessly violate their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America should be swiftly tried and, upon conviction, publicly hanged at sunup the day after conviction. If multiple convicts are to be hanged they can choose with whom to share the gallows or names shall be drawn from the hangman's hat to be hanged 2 at a time.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Great news Marlon praying for speedy recovery and comfort&strength for the family.
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God is so good.
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This. Glad he’s improving Wiley
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Great news. Keeping on praying.
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Wow... what an amazing story. How can anyone read this and not realize there is an all merciful, all knowing, and all powerful living God?
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Any new updates on Rick? I've got to admit, when you described his surgery it didn't sound promising. Thank you for asking. And yes, he is doing much better. As of 02/04/2020 he was moved from CVICU into a private ICU room on that floor (6th). They have removed the last chest tube (he had 4). He is coming along better than expected. He has been up and walking once or twice daily since Sunday. This is a must to get his strength back. The urologist is OK with him moving from ICU floor to a regular private room but the cardiologist wants to wait a few days. I went to see him yesterday and he was sleeping very soundly. He has a lot of color back in his face and has lost, probably, 50lbs but he had it to lose. I'll be going to see him again tomorrow. Thank you all for your prayers during this journey that Rick has taken. The surgery that he underwent was extremely risky and I'm quite astonished that anybody could survive all that. Rick was spiritually prepared for leaving this world for the next. Please continue to pray for complete recovery, complete healing and that there is no setback/no more cancer in his body. God bless you all.
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Re: Prayers for scheduled surgery on Wednesday
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Thanks for the update, great news!!
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Rick is still on my prayer list Marlon.
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