Shane Henry Medical Fund
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Hello, friends and family. Thanks for visiting Shane's medical fund campaign page. This page is being organized by Maggie.
First of all, Shane is going to be OK, but it’s been a very rough few weeks and looks like it's going to be a couple months until Shane is back to normal. Secondly, we've had quite a few people reach out to us over the past couple of weeks asking what is going on and if we were going to set up a gofundme campaign that they could donate to in order to help out with medical expenses.
Here's the timeline of everything that has happened in the past few weeks:
On June 20 we were recording vocals in our studio when we had to stop and rush Shane to the emergency room due to severe pain in his lower right abdomen. He had a CT and blood work done and they told us he had to have his appendix removed ASAP. So he stayed the night in the hospital and had surgery at 5:30 AM on June 21. The surgery took longer than expected as the surgeon said there were some complications, but it was nothing major and that he was going to be fine. We spent the entire day at the hospital. They checked his vitals every hour and we went on walks within the hospital halls about every hour or two. It seemed that everything was going well and he was showing signs that indicated he could go home. We should have never left the hospital that evening. As soon as we got him home, he started hurting so badly that the heavy pain medication wasn't even working. He could not sit for long or even think about lying down. The gas build up from the laparoscopic procedure was one of the worst parts of this whole ordeal. Over the next few days none of us got any rest and we were unsure if he was actually getting better.
On June 24 he got a fever of 101 degrees and at that point, the surgeon prescribed him an antibiotic. The next few days he seemed to be slowly getting better but then on June 27 it was evident that there was deep infection inside the wound. The surgeon opened him back up and cleaned the wound aggressively. They swabbed a culture and found infection present in the wound. At this point the surgeon briefly instructed us on how to do wound care (and never told us it was an option for anyone else to do it besides us). A few days passed and he was making very slight progress but it was almost like the healing process was starting over again since they had to open the wound. On July 2 we went back to the surgeon for him to check on Shane's progress. He very aggressively cleaned the wound and packed it and said Shane didn't need any more antibiotics.
On July 4 it was clear that there was still infection as he kept getting high fevers and showing signs of infection. The surgeon was out of town for the holiday, so we went to an Urgent Care clinic where the doctor cleaned and packed the wound and prescribed more antibiotic (they also did a swab and found more infection). He started making progress after being on the second round of antibiotics and we were finally seeing a glimpse of him making a path towards healing.
On July 8 we called our environmental doctor to get his opinion on the whole situation and he suggested Shane also be on a different antibiotic to work in tandem with the other one. Shane started taking it on July 9.
Also on July 8 the wound was starting to look like it was filling in a lot from the sides and bottom.
On July 10 we ended up back at the ER as he was bleeding quite a bit from the wound and felt very sick. The doctor at the ER told us we had not been cleaning/packing the wound correctly, especially in the past 3-4 days when it started to look as if it was closing up. She measured the depth and length of the wound and showed us how open it still was. So basically because we weren't cleaning it deep/aggressively enough for 3-4 days, it was starting to cause problems.
On July 12 he seemed to be once again making progress, although he was starting to experience negative side effects from the 2nd antibiotic.
The morning of July 13 we were able to get a last minute appointment with a Wound Care Specialist (who we were referred to by a family member who is a nurse practitioner). We wanted a would specialist to look at it to make sure it was truly healing properly. The doctor there examined and cleaned it, did debridement, re-packed it and told us that we had been told incorrectly how to care for the wound this whole time. We have a weekly appointment set up with her until it's not needed anymore (she expects this to take 1-2 months of wound care and up to 4 months until Shane is 100% back to normal). We told her we had an acoustic indoor gig to play that night and she thought Shane would be fine. Well, it was a scary experience to say the least. My family and I set up the sound system and Shane literally sat there, played guitar and sang (while I did most of the singing) and it was all he could do to get through one set. He was white as a ghost and said he felt like he was going to pass out. His mom took him straight to the ER and I stayed to pack up gear. As it turns out, he was having very bad reactions to the newest antibiotic and was experiencing pain and discomfort from the wound care that morning. Friday night was awful - neither of us got a wink of sleep until the morning, as he was in a lot of pain, experiencing discomfort, and had anxiety from the whole ordeal.
July 14 we decided it was best for him to stop taking the newest antibiotic due to the adverse reactions. It was like we were starting ALL over with the healing process...again. Per doctors' orders, he had to cancel the rest of his/our gigs for the month of July to allow time to truly rest and heal.
July 15 a friend who is a doctor came to check on him and suggested he be on a different antibiotic, as she felt he still had some infection and it'd be smart to take it just in case. So he started this 3rd antibiotic on the 15th.
This whole experience has been very eye-opening, frustrating (as a lot of this could have been avoided if we were given the proper care/instructions), and exhausting. We aren't sure yet what the exact costs are going to be, but we do know that appendectomy surgeries are not cheap, not to mention our multiple trips to the ER. We do have insurance but we aren't sure what the bills are going to look like yet. We've talked to multiple people we know about appendectomy costs and we've heard numbers for the appendectomy alone (with insurance) ranging from $12,000-$50,000.
As much as we wanted to start releasing our new music for our new band The Imaginaries this summer/fall, we are having to pause everything to allow Shane to heal and to save money to put towards medical bills.
Up until the appendectomy Shane had been working hard renovating more units for Air BnB, as we have our first one up and running. He is now going to have to pause on working on these per doctors' orders (as he can only have limited physical activity and cannot carry over 10 lbs for at least 2 months).
Our goal is for his medical expenses to not further set us back financially with releasing our album for The Imaginaries and for medical expenses to not stress him out and delay recovery.
Thank you to all those who have reached out to us to check on him, to all those who have been praying for him, and to all those who have helped with medical advice, etc.
We certainly appreciate anything you all feel comfortable donating to this campaign to help us with his incoming medical expenses. The bills will be coming in over the next few months. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support, prayers, and love. More importantly than any funds raised, we are grateful your prayers for a full and quick recovery for Shane. THANK YOU.
With love and gratitude,
Maggie, Shane, and Family
First of all, Shane is going to be OK, but it’s been a very rough few weeks and looks like it's going to be a couple months until Shane is back to normal. Secondly, we've had quite a few people reach out to us over the past couple of weeks asking what is going on and if we were going to set up a gofundme campaign that they could donate to in order to help out with medical expenses.
Here's the timeline of everything that has happened in the past few weeks:
On June 20 we were recording vocals in our studio when we had to stop and rush Shane to the emergency room due to severe pain in his lower right abdomen. He had a CT and blood work done and they told us he had to have his appendix removed ASAP. So he stayed the night in the hospital and had surgery at 5:30 AM on June 21. The surgery took longer than expected as the surgeon said there were some complications, but it was nothing major and that he was going to be fine. We spent the entire day at the hospital. They checked his vitals every hour and we went on walks within the hospital halls about every hour or two. It seemed that everything was going well and he was showing signs that indicated he could go home. We should have never left the hospital that evening. As soon as we got him home, he started hurting so badly that the heavy pain medication wasn't even working. He could not sit for long or even think about lying down. The gas build up from the laparoscopic procedure was one of the worst parts of this whole ordeal. Over the next few days none of us got any rest and we were unsure if he was actually getting better.
On June 24 he got a fever of 101 degrees and at that point, the surgeon prescribed him an antibiotic. The next few days he seemed to be slowly getting better but then on June 27 it was evident that there was deep infection inside the wound. The surgeon opened him back up and cleaned the wound aggressively. They swabbed a culture and found infection present in the wound. At this point the surgeon briefly instructed us on how to do wound care (and never told us it was an option for anyone else to do it besides us). A few days passed and he was making very slight progress but it was almost like the healing process was starting over again since they had to open the wound. On July 2 we went back to the surgeon for him to check on Shane's progress. He very aggressively cleaned the wound and packed it and said Shane didn't need any more antibiotics.
On July 4 it was clear that there was still infection as he kept getting high fevers and showing signs of infection. The surgeon was out of town for the holiday, so we went to an Urgent Care clinic where the doctor cleaned and packed the wound and prescribed more antibiotic (they also did a swab and found more infection). He started making progress after being on the second round of antibiotics and we were finally seeing a glimpse of him making a path towards healing.
On July 8 we called our environmental doctor to get his opinion on the whole situation and he suggested Shane also be on a different antibiotic to work in tandem with the other one. Shane started taking it on July 9.
Also on July 8 the wound was starting to look like it was filling in a lot from the sides and bottom.
On July 10 we ended up back at the ER as he was bleeding quite a bit from the wound and felt very sick. The doctor at the ER told us we had not been cleaning/packing the wound correctly, especially in the past 3-4 days when it started to look as if it was closing up. She measured the depth and length of the wound and showed us how open it still was. So basically because we weren't cleaning it deep/aggressively enough for 3-4 days, it was starting to cause problems.
On July 12 he seemed to be once again making progress, although he was starting to experience negative side effects from the 2nd antibiotic.
The morning of July 13 we were able to get a last minute appointment with a Wound Care Specialist (who we were referred to by a family member who is a nurse practitioner). We wanted a would specialist to look at it to make sure it was truly healing properly. The doctor there examined and cleaned it, did debridement, re-packed it and told us that we had been told incorrectly how to care for the wound this whole time. We have a weekly appointment set up with her until it's not needed anymore (she expects this to take 1-2 months of wound care and up to 4 months until Shane is 100% back to normal). We told her we had an acoustic indoor gig to play that night and she thought Shane would be fine. Well, it was a scary experience to say the least. My family and I set up the sound system and Shane literally sat there, played guitar and sang (while I did most of the singing) and it was all he could do to get through one set. He was white as a ghost and said he felt like he was going to pass out. His mom took him straight to the ER and I stayed to pack up gear. As it turns out, he was having very bad reactions to the newest antibiotic and was experiencing pain and discomfort from the wound care that morning. Friday night was awful - neither of us got a wink of sleep until the morning, as he was in a lot of pain, experiencing discomfort, and had anxiety from the whole ordeal.
July 14 we decided it was best for him to stop taking the newest antibiotic due to the adverse reactions. It was like we were starting ALL over with the healing process...again. Per doctors' orders, he had to cancel the rest of his/our gigs for the month of July to allow time to truly rest and heal.
July 15 a friend who is a doctor came to check on him and suggested he be on a different antibiotic, as she felt he still had some infection and it'd be smart to take it just in case. So he started this 3rd antibiotic on the 15th.
This whole experience has been very eye-opening, frustrating (as a lot of this could have been avoided if we were given the proper care/instructions), and exhausting. We aren't sure yet what the exact costs are going to be, but we do know that appendectomy surgeries are not cheap, not to mention our multiple trips to the ER. We do have insurance but we aren't sure what the bills are going to look like yet. We've talked to multiple people we know about appendectomy costs and we've heard numbers for the appendectomy alone (with insurance) ranging from $12,000-$50,000.
As much as we wanted to start releasing our new music for our new band The Imaginaries this summer/fall, we are having to pause everything to allow Shane to heal and to save money to put towards medical bills.
Up until the appendectomy Shane had been working hard renovating more units for Air BnB, as we have our first one up and running. He is now going to have to pause on working on these per doctors' orders (as he can only have limited physical activity and cannot carry over 10 lbs for at least 2 months).
Our goal is for his medical expenses to not further set us back financially with releasing our album for The Imaginaries and for medical expenses to not stress him out and delay recovery.
Thank you to all those who have reached out to us to check on him, to all those who have been praying for him, and to all those who have helped with medical advice, etc.
We certainly appreciate anything you all feel comfortable donating to this campaign to help us with his incoming medical expenses. The bills will be coming in over the next few months. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support, prayers, and love. More importantly than any funds raised, we are grateful your prayers for a full and quick recovery for Shane. THANK YOU.
With love and gratitude,
Maggie, Shane, and Family
Organizer and beneficiary
Maggie McClure
Organizer
Norman, OK
Shane Henry
Beneficiary
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