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Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:41 pm
by Lurks_In_Shadows
Interventional Radiology? :)

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:23 am
by Krulle
Ah, thanks.

And a happy and healthy 2018 to everyone!

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 7:06 am
by thinkslogically
And to you too :) Happy New Year all!

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 7:34 am
by TheGreatOldOne
Lurks_In_Shadows wrote:Interventional Radiology? :)
INDEED, Thunt is gonna glow for a while after this.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 11:47 am
by RocketScientist
Thanks for the explanation, TheGreatOldOne.

I see Duke made a blog post about Thunt's condition. (Thanks, Duke.) That should get the message out to most people who only check the front page.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 3:36 pm
by WearsHats
Thunt's surgery went well. He's in the recovery room. Will be transferred back to the ICU later today.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 3:53 pm
by Krulle
Thank You for informing us, Wears!

That's one worry lifted.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:49 pm
by WearsHats
Just spent 20 minutes on the phone with Thunt. He sounded good. (Notably, he wasn't well enough for company before today.)

Doc says the surgery went well and the fistula is all fixed and none of this should recur. The hemorrhage (which was in a different part of the brain) seems to be healing as well. He's lucky they caught the fistula because they wouldn't have found it without a high definition scan, and it could have killed him at any time. It's a relief to have that fixed.

He's feeling a lot better, but still has to rebuild his strength and such. So they're keeping him in the hospital for rest and observation. But he's hoping to be able to go home in the not too distant future.

He was really grateful for the balloon and everything.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 8:04 am
by ForgetsOldName
Like, a thousand times like.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 8:11 am
by Krulle
TY, Wears.
For all that you did and do.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 8:18 am
by Lurks_In_Shadows
:thumbsup:

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 8:36 am
by BuildsLegos
This fistula business feels like hearing on the news that a dangerous criminal has been gunned down before he killed any hostages. Such a dangerous force was lingering unknown for so long; and just as soon as we hear about the threat, it's been resolved.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 2:24 pm
by RocketScientist
:cheer:

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 8:18 pm
by WearsHats
Hey everyone, I was discharged today and I'm on route, headed home. Had to get some pretty hardcore brain surgery, but I emerged unscathed (other than some icky scars). I can't really walk under my own power yet and I'm still in a lot of pain, but I'll soon be at 100%.

Been sitting in the car, reading your well wishes for the first time and I couldn't stop a few tears from coming. Thank you so much, everyone. You're beyond amazing. Once I'm home and have had a bit of time to rest up, I'll write a blog explaining all the details of what happened
ETA:
There was a quiet night in the hospital that @DragonTurtle and I were pretty certain that I wasn't going to survive this, so with her phone, she recorded me telling her some of the future Goblins scenes that she didn't have all the details on. That way it could be completed.

Her and I kept breaking down in tears as I spoke, thinking these might be our last moments together. Maybe I'll make it public after the comic passes those scenes.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 11:58 pm
by RocketScientist
Wow. That's... wow. I'm glad he's ok now.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:18 am
by GathersIngredients
I am glad things seem to have worked out. Here's hoping it stays that way. I'm sure their pets will be happy to see them again, too. :)

Speedy recovery (and not because I want the comic to progress, but because he shouldn't suffer health issues any longer than necessary) to him.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:26 am
by thinkslogically
Wow... That sounds just horrible :( I hope he has a speedy recovery from all this.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:53 am
by Krulle
@[color=red]Thunt[/color]_Goblins wrote:Oh, I just have to tell you a hilarious, weird thing that happened to me at the hospital. Every day, doctors would ask me questions to make sure that I wasn't deteriorating. I'd have to identify an elbow, a clock, or maybe telling who I was or what the date was, etc. (1)
@[color=red]Thunt[/color]_Goblins wrote:This one doctor always asked me to repeat the same phrase. That phrase was... and I'm totally serious here...

"Today is a very sunny day."

After repeated that one for a week or so, I finally told him what it means in my comic. T'was pretty funny. (2)
@[color=red]Thunt[/color]_Goblins wrote:So the cost of 2 wks in the hospital with blood being taken over 30 times, 6 brain scans (1 of them surgical), a TON of pain killers, high tech gear on my legs, chest and arms, dozens of I.V. lines (1 of them through an artery), and of course the actual brain surgery,....
@[color=red]Thunt[/color]_Goblins wrote:...would have financially destroyed me in a way that I could never recover from. I'm privileged to live in Canada where I paid for none of that, dispite having no coverage beyond what comes out of my taxes. You hear that American leaders? Americans NEED this. Take care of of them

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:48 pm
by TheGreatOldOne
So that Onyx stuff that Thunt has in his brain now, the stuff it's made of (EVOH) is used pretty extensively in food packaging. If he starts rambling about food packaging and oxygen barriers... WE KNOW WHY.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 2:10 pm
by Lurks_In_Shadows
Just so long as he doesn't start dressing like the Burger King. ;)

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 3:24 pm
by Glemp
BuildsLegos wrote:This fistula business feels like hearing on the news that a dangerous criminal has been gunned down before he killed any hostages. Such a dangerous force was lingering unknown for so long; and just as soon as we hear about the threat, it's been resolved.
I know, right? It's like coming into your home after renovations, and the builder going "Oh, and also there was asbestos, but we took care of that while you were gone.".

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:55 pm
by WearsHats
@Thunt_Goblins: Just finished the blog explaining everything about what happened to mah brain.

http://goblinscomic.com/blog/my-hospital-adventure

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:25 am
by GathersIngredients
Thanks for the continued updates.

Is anyone able to contact Matt? Because I'm sure (some) people who only read the IndieGoGo page would love to get news about Thunt being sent home after the surgery went well, too.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:26 am
by RocketScientist
Matt's been posting to the Goblins Animated Facebook page. He could probably be reached there.

Re: Twitter: [now] Thunt hospitalized!

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:04 am
by AXIS
Jeez he really does have shitty health luck alright.

At least it's all worked out okay now (ish)

Let's hope for a speedy recovery (and maybe make him slow down and not burn the candle at both ends and the middle)

The way he avoids sleep sometimes can't be good for him.