All our thoughts with you Steve... On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM Paul Cundell <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
