Please pass on my sincerest wishes for Steve's swift and complete recovery. I was so very sorry and indeed quite shocked to read Paula's message detailing the serious health challenges Steve is currently facing. It is truly upsetting to hear of his ordeal.
Please know that my thoughts are very much with Steve and Paula during this incredibly difficult time, and I sincerely hope that the open-heart surgery today is successful and that he makes a strong return to good health. With heartfelt best wishes, Paul On Fri, 6 Jun 2025, 01:53 Peter Castlehouse via Leedslist, < [email protected]> wrote: > > > -----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. _______________________________________________ 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.
