09/23/2025
Sharp Health and Fitness will be sponsoring a Charity Gold outing at Blue Mountain Golf Course. This is to help a friend who was in a severe motor accident and is still in the hospital.
If you live around the Lebanon, PA area and would like to participate in the golf outing, please see details below.
UPDATE ON JIMI (this is from my notes/messenger group update) if you want added let me know.
The other day, I had a really good conversation with Jimi's urologist. He was on the phone with me at least 45 minutes. He discussed his urological issues and other issues from the accident, i.e., the floating bones and the part of the most recent scan that said 'prostate surgically absent'.
UROLOGY STUFF
1. Pockets of fluid. He said the scan showed pockets are emptying, and as they empty, the pockets are folding in on themselves. When we get to the point of removing the "drainage bulbs," all should be collapsed together, but the area those inserts occupied. They should then follow suit
2. He saw on the earlier scans (july) that the stent was not quite placed properly and directed staff to correct the issue. Since then, it appears no continuing urine leakage has occurred.
He said the ureter near his kidney is swollen due to trauma. Most likely, those injuries stay like that forever. He feels the ureter slice should be healed. It may have been reopened when they went in recently and placed a new stent (they must be replaced every 3 months) he described the stent having cork screw ends that help secure ureter the ends into the kidney and bladder
3. A Foley catheter had replaced the other cather to give him maximum voiding capability.
4. We may need to look later if more permanent actions are needed to be taken if the pockets do not heal as predicted
5. He suspects the growth in "private area" is either a cyst or a mass related by trauma or possibly a hematoma that has altered into a mass. It's not cancerous and an issue to deal with later.
PROSTATE
1. I spoke with the director of nursing and quality control director. They went back through imaging. The prostate is there, but it appears part is missing. He came to them from Reading this way. This was never told to us or jimi by Reading.
2. I ask the urologist if part of the prostate could have been interfering with surgical attempts on ureter. He said that's possible, or it may have been bleeding, and they tied a portion up. The pic shows that the missing part may fit this scenario. An issue to look into with Reading.
OTHER STUFF
1. Urologist understood my concern about the loose bone, causing additional damage by moving about. He said that by this time, those bones will be encapsulated by tissue and not able to reek havoc.
2. Brought up hip replacement. He said that right now, everything is settled in, and we are going in a good direction. To let things be for now. Look at it after what we see jimi can achieve at physical therapy.
We are still going to contact mom's ortho, we got names of 2 doctors willing to review and/or treat jimi (they have offices all over lancaster). Look over Jimi's images. To gather their professional opinion on the hip reconstruction and if it warrants them seeing him. It is a reassurance that everything is fine for now.
3. He still is wheel chair bound with little use of his legs. And minimal strength regained in supporting his trunk.
There are other things going on but those are the main issues right now.
**NOTE TO SELF** Discuss cracks appearing of ribs and sternum mentioned in the report. Are they cracks, healing cracks, and mentioned for reference. Or are they no healing injuries.
**REQUEST FOR ALL**
Please consider fitting into your schedule a visit to jimi, even a phone call (if awake and not busy if you get VM, he will call back)
BTW he doesn't read FB or texts or voicemail. Missed phone calls or visits only that he sees
Jimi's depression is getting worse, and I see signs of him not eating as much again.
I have had them switch around his mental health drugs, so he has anti depressionant during the day. All mental health drugs were being given at night to help him sleep.
I thank all who have done things to help us, most recently Williams. I would ask for people to help him, however possible to make the golf outing a success.
Davey works 3 jobs and has been knocking on doors literally for this. This is a NON IO event, he is but one man. He has been a friend of Jimi's for 30+ ish years. We fell out of touch in the past 10 ish years with moving & club life. But Davey stood up and is trying to help his long time friend.
The golf scramble is in Fredericksburg PA. We need hole sponsors, players & prizes to raffle. Please contact David Williams, he is handling everything. I will attach a flyer for the event & the course lay out. Again, this is a non affiliated event. Please come and have fun.
Finally. Sorry, not sorry, Jimi has always been seen as the brother to call when you need free bike work, life advice, IO advice, help in general. His family has repeatedly been put to the back burner over 10+ years, so he can help his brothers and even their maidens. Show him what his dedication to his Oath means to you.
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