From Big Country Expat at Cold Fury:
Ok Y’all
All bullshitting aside.
Mikes in the Critical Care/ICU. I’m waiting to find out -where- exactly.
(FOLLOW UP: DO NOT BLOW UP THE HOSPITAL WITH PHONE CALLS AND SHEEEE-IT)
Hit me up if’n you have wants needs questions and I’ll do my best as the ‘gatekeeper’ to keep y’all up to date. Currently, they got him in Caromont Regional Medical Center. In lieu of flowers and other assorted phaggotry, donate at the GoFundMe I set up for him. Ladies, Nude pics and such will be forwarded as deemed appropriately, as well as panties and other such ‘morale boosting’ stuff.
I just got word that my brother-from-another-mother Mike Hendrix, late of the famed rockabilly band The Belmont Playboys and more recently of the Blog “Cold Fury” http://coldfury.com/ has gotten seriously hemmed up medically speaking. Last Thursday after a slightly prolonged absence from his blog, I reached out to him to find out WTF was going on and I heard back that he’d come down with a nasty case of food poisoning.
Since then, apparently something faaar MOR serious happened.
His brother (actual) Jeff called me tonight as I left one of my more ‘colorful messages’ on his phone (in possession currently by his sainted lil ole Lady Mom) who apparently when she recovered from my diatribe, had Jeff call me to fill me in on what’s up.
Essentially Mike’s seriously fucked up.
Food Poisoning turned out to be a MAD infection. His diabeetus didn’t help the issue, so they had to lop off his foot, then his leg, as the infection was/is spreading. They’re fixin’ to make it even MOR stumpy as the infection still isn’t under control. He’s in critical/ICU level condition, but NOT COVID related thank the Gods.
So, My brother-from-another-mother, henceforth now known as “Peg-Leg Mikey” is gonna have some serious medical bills and life altering needs. So hence Ye Olde GoFundMe Fundraiser.
I’m starting the ball rolling with the remainder of my ‘raising Christmas’ fund, and ask you please to help in any way, shape or form. Mike is damned fine people and has entertained people from all walks of life, either musically or through his magnificent acerbic writing and wit.
As they say, step up and help a brother out.
Spread the Word gang. Mike needs us and has never asked for anything.
The Go-Fund-Me is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mike-of-cold-fury-and-the-belmont-playboys
I Remain The Intrepid Reporter,
Worried as all get-the-hell-out
Big Country
6 comments:
You rock dude... Next batch of Crayola is one me... name yer color or do you prefer the multi-flavor/color pack? < j/k > On ice or straight up?
Seriously, Dude, brotherman is fucked up... you as a Medic know... 2 going onto 3 cuts / leg chopping? Gangrene must be out of control...
REALLY worried as I haven't been in years... haven't given a fuck about anyone like this in a long time outside of Spawn, the Grans, and NewWifey.
Appreciated you Gyrene.
BTW:
Good idea to have you do a poast on infection, med-wise...recognition, signs, warnings and indicators.... kills WAY more folks than anything else... Mike -thought- it was just food poisoning, and now? Peg Leg is allllll sorts of perma-fucked.
Be a GREAT poast for your skills and KB (knowledge base)
BCE
Horee shit.
Thanks for h/u.
CA
WRSA
Infection and diabetes is a bad combination.
I'm not understanding this.
He thought it was food poisoning. So, intestinal disorder. Uncomfortable, miserable, etc.
Hwo does it go from that type of symptom to cutting off a leg? If it started in the intestine, why/how does it go to the extremity instead of migrating to other nearby areas?
I've sort of gathered that diabetes means circulatory problems. So I could see how, for example, a cut or an animal bite could go that way. But again that's extremities, not core; how do these things go together?
I've had an animal bite that got infected. Within 4-5 hours the pain was bad enough I knew I had a serious problem. The ER doc stuck me on (effective) antibiotics within minutes of seeing me. How do you get a serious infection of this nature where you DON'T realize within a matter of hours that something is really wrong?
@Rollory,
I have no ideas of the particulars in Mike's case, and I won't speculate on them.
But diabetes creates a cascading chain of problems. Starting with neuropathy and numbness, so you don't feel the pain a person without diabetes would feel. This masks infections that turn into gangrene, and heart attacks that feel like indigestion, for just two examples.
It's hella fucked up in the long run if not scrupulously managed, and sometimes even if it is.
Also, any infection makes diabetes worse, and diabetes makes any infection worse. It's a clowncarnucopia of problems. So whatever the progression with Mike, escalating amputations and ICU are about as serious as it gets, this side of a dirt nap.
Ouch...
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