Best thoughts El-Beej.

Prayers lifted up for LBJ, his family, and the medical staff.

Thank you for the update.

(darned screen got blurry, again)

Prayers and good thoughts, Tom and your wonderful family.

May you be home with everyone, very soon!

thinking of you lbj

I will never forget your courageous fighting spirit to live life to every last drop.

I hope we get you back here soon to keep inspiring us and sharing with us.

God be with you, Tom. You are in our thoughts and prayers here in Richmond.

The strength and finesse that Tom has shown have been his alone, with his drawing strength from his deep belief. We all hope to hear his recount of this episode from him soon. May God, in return, give him the strength and support.

Prayers as always sent for Tom and Family.

May God lay some healing and comforting hands on Tom at these times.

Thank You Robbiedog.

Roy

My best to you.

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Thank you for stepping in and keeping us updated, Robbie. I know it is a difficult task, as I've done it in my family... you are a good man!

I am keeping Tom in my prayers, as are many of us here. He has been a constant inspiration for us all, demonstrating a level of Class, Determination, Compassion, Strength of Character and a strength of belief that I envy and would hope to emulate.

May the Lord smile on him, and give him peace and comfort.

God bless you, Tom!

Don

I'm praying for a good outcome. lbj has beat the odds before and I earnestly hope he does again.

This thread has been inspirational and will continue to be in the future.

Jim

You are in my thoughts, Tom, and if they can help, I'm hoping for many more days for you to spend with family and friends living your life.

Hoping for a good outcome for Tom. This thread and his sharing of his experience and time with his family has been inspirational to many of us, looking forward to him carrying on with that part of his life!

So sorry to hear about your setback LBJ. Praying for you and your family. Get well soon!

We are praying for you, LBJ

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
Please tell Tom that his strength and openness shows he has faced this head on and looked death straight in the face, and won.

Not the fearful "hanging on to life", but the bold, "I have a life to live! And people to Love, and a God to serve!" fight.

And he has kicked butt.

He is an inspiration and I am sure many have read of his posts and have been affected in the way they think, and face things in life.

Thank you for your thoughtfulness in updating us.

That was simply beautiful to read, SM. Thank you.

Please know that you are in my thoughts. I wish you well sir.

You've got this, LBJ ... you've got this!!

God bless you, Tom.

More prayers inbound for you and your family.

-Rob

lbj/Tom, you are in our thoughts and prayers. You are definitely someone who has made the world a better place through your presence, taught many of us (if not all) a lot, and we look forward to more of that.

Here's a quick update on Tom:
The complications continue. Tom had a terrible pain in his abdomen on Saturday morning. I was there when this happened and was able to get the docs to give him pain meds (which he didn't like and has stopped taking - but at the time his pain was off the charts) and order a sonogram and CT. Turns out he has a hematoma of a muscle in his abdomen and he needed close to 5 units of blood. His BP pretty much crashed to about 62/40, or thereabouts. This caused some potential problems with his remaining kidney, as well as some bad confusion in his brain. This afternoon, however, he's resting comfortably, out of ICU, in a private room again. They're giving him something to help him sleep. As anyone knows who has been in a hospital you do NOT get sleep or hardly rest in a hospital, and I believe he is sleep deprived. The docs stopped the blood thinners yesterday and hope his hematoma heals on its own. He continues dialysis every 3 days, though they are monitoring this constantly thru blood work. Happily his heart and chest are fine. At this point the hematoma and his remaining kidney are the issues.