-----Original Message----- From: Leedslist <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paula Gillen Sent: Friday, 6 June 2025 6:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Steve Gillen
Please , Sir, I’m trying to get this on the Leeds List that my husband Steve Gillen has been on for many long years. He has a lot of friends on the list. I have no other way of telling them. Please help me! Thank you. Regards, Paula Gillen Sent from my iPad > On 5 Jun 2025, at 19:44, Paula Gillen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good evening, > This is Steve’s wife Paula. I know Steve has a lot of friends on the list and > I wanted them to know that Steve has been in the hospital since Sunday and he > is in precarious shape. He knee infection that he has been fighting for > almost a year has reared it ugly head again but it brought friends this time. > He had surgery yesterday to clean out the infection from the knee. When > taking x-rays/blood tests, they found that a skin bacteria got into his > blood stream and infected his other knee and also got into his bowel. The > kicker was that he had a sack of pus around his aortic Valve that he had > replaced last February. The person who had put him to sleep asked if they > could put a camera down his throat to check his heart. I was then told that > he was very ill with the infections running through his body. With everything > she was saying I was forced to ask if it was possible that he would die. With > luck, He made it through surgery. He is so very weak. I saw him for about 5 > minutes when he came up to the High Dependency Unit. He was able to talk me > for about 5 minutes but he was so tired and very weak. He is at LGI in > Leeds. Now they are doing open heart surgery on Steve tomorrow to drain the > sack of pus around his aortic valve. They said they have to do it or his > chances of surviving are slim. I am waiting to hear from his heart doctors to > find out what time they are doing the surgery. I will be there at the crack > of dawn until I see him 'come back to the cardiac unit. Can you all please > say a prayer tonight that he comes through this and comes out safe and sound > and back to me. I believe in the power of prayer and he could use all of > yours! Thank you for allowing me on this list for a moment. > > God bless you all! > > Paula Gillen > > Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ The Rev, John Lee. Now spinning the platters in the holy discotheque of the real man. Yorkshireman. May that lucky pizza and a bottle of Grolsch be waiting for you with the Celestial Lards R.I.P.
