Special vibes needed

[Sue Brown <sbrown@wamedes.com>]

Goerge, my barn manager/caretaker of 14 years is gravely ill in ICU at the
local hospital.  He went to the ER on Sunday with abdominal pains and was
in ICU by Monday morning on lots of pain meds for a probably bowel
obstruction.  He was operated on Monday night -- and coded in the OR twice
before they could even start the surgery, necessitating bilateral chest
tubes for a tension pneumothorax after the first code.  They found several
feet of dead bowel with a perforation when they did the laparotomy.  He has
been in ICU since then and has had substantial kidney failure and some
liver damage since the surgery.  He's on a lot of drips (drugs) and is now
getting dialysis and blood and platelet transfusions.  Still being kept
very sedated and intubated altho they think he's responding to some
commands when he wakes up.  If they can hold off total systems failure and
pneumonia, he might have a chance.  He's only 53 and has a wife and a 13yo
daughter -- and one dog, one cat, and 7 horses.

Please send what healing vibes you can for George...he's been an awesome
barn manager who has taken excellent care of all of the horses in my barn
for a long time.

Sue
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Sue Brown
Tyee Farm
ARICP Certified Riding Instructor
Recreational Riding and Dressage
Marysville, Wa. 
sbrown@wamedes.com