
Coach has Severe Medical Condition
Donation protected
My husband Bobby Morrison, is 6'5"tall. He weighed 274lbs. Now he weighs 172lbs. He almost died in February 2016. He retired from his job in December 2015. He was a beloved Athletic Director Teacher/football coach for 30 years. He loved his job and dedicated his whole life to Teaching High School Students History and coaching multiple sports. Especially football. In college he played Football for Wake Forest University was an Offensive Lineman.
In March 2016 he was diagnosed with a rare condition called Gastrocolic Fistula (hole in the stomach), it is the size of a quarter. This extremely rare condition has prevented Bobby from being able to eat or drink anything, he can only tolerate water. It has now been 10 months.
Ten months ago when symptoms first arose he was misdiagnosed by 2 doctors and after being admitted 5 separate times, in the past 8 months, all of those visits resulted in him developing blood clots in the lungs and legs, a bacterial blood infection, severe malnutrition, iron deficency, vitamin deficency, severe dehydration, and anemia. In between the hospitalizations he would receive pints of blood and fluid infusions on a weekly basis, He was losing weight at a rapid pace... and he was not getting better but worse, the pain was unbearable. So we decided to take him to another city for another opinion. It was the best decision.
The new doctors found the cause of the problem immediately. A nasal feeding tube was inserted for him to receive nutrients he desparately needed. He has been on the NG feeding tube now for a little over 6 months and also has a TPN feeding tube ( picc Line) in his left arm. He is on 16-18 hour feedings a day, which limits his ability to go anywhere or do anything. He is receiving nutrients to build up his chemistry levels.
We are currently awaiting a surgery date, The Doctors are unsure when that will be, we are hopeful that it will be in October but this may not happen. Surgery is expected to be very lengthy (6-8 hours). His recovery time is 6 mos to possibly a year or 2 yrs. to get back to his physical and normal functions of life.
Bobby has been unable to start his new job as a charter bus driver, and we are not sure how long it will be before he can work again. He basically has not been able to live a normal life without pain, weakness, and discomfort for the past 10 months. Our lives have been greatly affected by this unexpected and rare illness. We just want him to get back to normal.
Needless to say we are bomarded with very high medical bills from all the hospital stays and the continuous doctors bills and with his medical condition Bobby has been unable to work. Now we are told it could be a year or maybe 2 years before he can.
We are having a hard time financially. Our medical bills are climbing daily, this is not counting the 15+ perscriptions he has to take , or the weekly cases for feeding formula that is not covered by insurance or the travel expenses back and forth to the other city for medical care,we still have weekly office visits to the doctor to monitor his blood chemistry, and he still occassionally has infusions of fluid intake for dehydration, Then of course we are still waiting on the surgery, which is months down the road.
Any help you could make towards helping us would be greatly appreciated.Bobby's rare condition came on so suddenly, there was nothing we could do as far as planning for this financially. A little help goes a long way and it would mean so much to our family during this difficult time in our lives.
In March 2016 he was diagnosed with a rare condition called Gastrocolic Fistula (hole in the stomach), it is the size of a quarter. This extremely rare condition has prevented Bobby from being able to eat or drink anything, he can only tolerate water. It has now been 10 months.
Ten months ago when symptoms first arose he was misdiagnosed by 2 doctors and after being admitted 5 separate times, in the past 8 months, all of those visits resulted in him developing blood clots in the lungs and legs, a bacterial blood infection, severe malnutrition, iron deficency, vitamin deficency, severe dehydration, and anemia. In between the hospitalizations he would receive pints of blood and fluid infusions on a weekly basis, He was losing weight at a rapid pace... and he was not getting better but worse, the pain was unbearable. So we decided to take him to another city for another opinion. It was the best decision.
The new doctors found the cause of the problem immediately. A nasal feeding tube was inserted for him to receive nutrients he desparately needed. He has been on the NG feeding tube now for a little over 6 months and also has a TPN feeding tube ( picc Line) in his left arm. He is on 16-18 hour feedings a day, which limits his ability to go anywhere or do anything. He is receiving nutrients to build up his chemistry levels.
We are currently awaiting a surgery date, The Doctors are unsure when that will be, we are hopeful that it will be in October but this may not happen. Surgery is expected to be very lengthy (6-8 hours). His recovery time is 6 mos to possibly a year or 2 yrs. to get back to his physical and normal functions of life.
Bobby has been unable to start his new job as a charter bus driver, and we are not sure how long it will be before he can work again. He basically has not been able to live a normal life without pain, weakness, and discomfort for the past 10 months. Our lives have been greatly affected by this unexpected and rare illness. We just want him to get back to normal.
Needless to say we are bomarded with very high medical bills from all the hospital stays and the continuous doctors bills and with his medical condition Bobby has been unable to work. Now we are told it could be a year or maybe 2 years before he can.
We are having a hard time financially. Our medical bills are climbing daily, this is not counting the 15+ perscriptions he has to take , or the weekly cases for feeding formula that is not covered by insurance or the travel expenses back and forth to the other city for medical care,we still have weekly office visits to the doctor to monitor his blood chemistry, and he still occassionally has infusions of fluid intake for dehydration, Then of course we are still waiting on the surgery, which is months down the road.
Any help you could make towards helping us would be greatly appreciated.Bobby's rare condition came on so suddenly, there was nothing we could do as far as planning for this financially. A little help goes a long way and it would mean so much to our family during this difficult time in our lives.
Organizer and beneficiary
Connie James Morrison
Organizer
Statesville, NC
Robert Morrison
Beneficiary