im4LSU

Well, I’ve known I was gonna need a heart at some point my entire life. My anatomy was just too jacked up from the get-go and had to have a rare surgery when I was 2 1/2 in 89 at UAB.

I didn’t start really going downhill until about 2018. And my a fib started kicking into pretty high gear. Since then, it was kind of a steady decline and we knew this was getting closer. I had a revision to my first surgery back in 2021 and that gave me a few more years before the transplant was needed. But last October is when we started to get the word that it was getting really close. It was a full long week in Houston with testing from seven in the morning till four in the evening with any and every kind of physician. Hepatology, nephrology, psychology, Neuro psychiatry, respiratory therapist, PT/OT, biopsies, and obviously cardiology/ heart failure.

It was absolutely brutal. Once it got to the point to where I had to be in the hospital, I came in and from then until the time I got put on the list was about two months. Then from that point it was about another two months before I got the call that there was an offer. Family all came down, surgeons went and laid eyes on the organs and accepted them last Saturday. I went under on Sunday morning.

So it was a long process for sure.

No, they would have a much bigger problem if they didn’t. I’ve got all the games going. On the TV, two on the laptop, and one on the iPad.

It gives them a good blood pressure range for me lol

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I would imagine you are either at UMMC in Jackson or Ochsner in New Orleans. If in Jackson, I am local so if you need anything, let me know

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I really appreciate the offer man, but we actually came over to Houston Methodist. They have one of the only surgeons in the country capable of doing MY surgery. I had a very rare and specific heart anatomy that not just anyone could operate on.

I’ve got a brother that lives about 30 minutes from the hospital, so him and his wife and kids are keeping us stocked on necessities.

Thanks again for the offer though! I really appreciate it!

Vader, you’re an absolute rockstar. Thank you for the advice on the tank kits! I’ll definitely be starting with one of those. I’ve got a stash right now to catch up on :lol:

Yea dr.s are extremely happy with how things are going right now and said it was probably the best heart/ liver transplant they’ve done at Houston Methodist in 2 years. Got a long road to go but I’m still going to be following here and on twitter.

Thank you again man! Looking forward to more work!

I can tell you this. I’ve been in here for almost 3 months and the bill before the surgery was up to 2.9 million. So I would say for the very specialized hands that were working on me it’ll be at least another million. And I’ve gotta stay in here for a few months and then in the area for about six months total. So it’s gonna definitely hit that deductible.:lol:

You nailed it. Just had the exact same conversation with my brother. I’m good with starting the game the way we did. We realized that it wasn’t working, and made the necessary adjustments. Those adjustments didn’t just slow them down, it completely shut them down for an entire quarter.

My issue is with abandoning what was working for some apparent reason and going back to what wasn’t working at all. I just can’t make that make sense in my head. You were getting scorched with game plan X. You dominated with a game plan Y. Then for some reason, abandoned game plan Y to g back to X when it mattered most.

Hey Judge, you see this??

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I recorded it and am about to put it on YT.

I’ll post the link in a few.


Glad I could play a little part in making all of your efforts worth it Judge!!!

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Do we really think game day will have the balls to show it? They’ve already compensated all sorts of great signs. Hopefully they will!

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I’ve seen worse signs. Plus they just let some d-bag call Lane a hoe on air.

Another that at least saw the message that I didn’t see until 5 minutes ago!