RevMGD

Ok. Here’s what happened. After a botched colonoscopy sent me into liver shock a year ago, I’ve been fighting against an Intussusception (look it up) and malabsorption. Even while eating, I was starving. I grew weaker and more exhausted but I never gave up, never surrendered. Kept bringing Fury to the Caps, doing tv commercials and filming the Star Trek film Farragut Forward and even its sequel. I tried to NEVER let the growing exhaustion be seen or affect my performances. After a year my body gave out after an exhausting flight to Atlanta. I slept, but my vital organs started shutting down. Blood pressure crashed. Kidneys started going. Anemia was destroying my red blood cells. I was found unconscious with very little pulse. Repercussions from a procedure I’ve done many times without incident had caught up to me. I was given life saving efforts in the ER then put in a medically induced coma for three days. I was intubated for five days. Dialysis for three days. A blood transfusion. The doctors told my wife I wasn’t going to make it. The @alzassociation flew Kim and one of my sons to Atlanta and set them up in the room I had for the duration of my time in the Emory ICU. Such beautiful souls at @ALZNCA. The doctors and nurses were surprised when I responded to the treatment, and talking after being extubated. Told me and my family that they expected me to go the other way. It was a bit of a miracle that I came back, but there were so many wonderful people praying and sending good vibes, it turned into my George Bailey moment. Lots of happy tears were shed reading what people said. Back home, Dr Moazzez got me into surgery asap. On Tuesday my small bowel was resectioned, and the Intussusception was fixed so I am now absorbing nutrients for food and vitamins. I’m stiff, sore and walking it off carefully. My voice is back, energy is returning, my enthusiasm is sky high, and I’m grateful for this second lease on life. Wes, Part Two is going to be fun. I’m incredibly happy to be here. Cheers~