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re: 14 year old Ruston freshman in rough shape from heat stroke

Posted on 8/23/26 at 7:03 pm to
Posted by TheRouxGuru
Member since Nov 2019
15226 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 7:03 pm to
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Nine regular seasons are enough for high school kids. You don't need anymore to prove you deserve a scholarship for the SEC.


Not everyone is playing HS football with a possible SEC scholarship on the line
Posted by MikeD
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
8815 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 9:08 pm to
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newer turfs are significanlty cooler than older turfs, especially the ones designed not to have as much or different infills,


Ok, cooler than the referenced 20-30F degrees hotter older fields. Still much hotter than grass.
Posted by WinnPtiger
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2011
25264 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 10:13 pm to
quote:

It is also on average hotter on any given practice day



by how much?
Posted by TheDeathValley
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2010
21085 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 10:46 pm to
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He was in shock with multiple systems organ failure. The protocol is to transfer to the closest facility with an open bed and the specialist care needed. He was transferred to ACH from Shreveport which is closer to Little Rock than New Orleans.


I assumed “LSU Medical” meant New Orleans not Shreveport. Your post makes much more sense.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
107251 posts
Posted on 10/13/26 at 9:51 pm to
He is being released shortly or may already be released. Welcome home parade in Ruston on Thursday. Obviously still has a way to go to regain his strength but his recovery so far is nothing short of miraculous.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
125381 posts
Posted on 10/13/26 at 10:07 pm to
Incredible news
Posted by KemoSabe65
70605
Member since Mar 2018
7858 posts
Posted on 10/14/26 at 2:18 pm to
Answered Prayers
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
26945 posts
Posted on 10/14/26 at 5:13 pm to
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Obviously still has a way to go to regain his strength but his recovery so far is nothing short of miraculous.

No long term mental issue?
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
107251 posts
Posted on 10/14/26 at 6:33 pm to
All I know is from social media. His mom has posted pictures of him playing card games and the like.
Posted by Eurocat
Member since Apr 2004
17753 posts
Posted on 10/14/26 at 6:36 pm to
Great news
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
34025 posts
Posted on 10/14/26 at 8:19 pm to
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Friday Night Scoreboard Show
@k104scoreboard
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Oct 11
Update from Lux Smith’s mom:

What a comeback??

Lux had ZERO previous existing conditions. 100% healthy athlete, just had a physical before the heat stroke.

Then everything changed in an instant.
The most jaundice kid they’d ever seen.
Brain injury, liver failure, kidney failure, pneumonia twice, respiratory failure..the list goes on and on.
We were told 3 separate times that Lux was going to die..did we want them to resuscitate? For how long? How many times? What does life look like long term for Lux if you keep doing this? Questions that are hard to hear.
We told them to do whatever they could to keep him alive because we knew he was in there.

From death to life ? thank you Jesus!!
We are heading home next week!


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