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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

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