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Yeah, Hulk is pretty bloody beefy!

hulks left hand looks...weird...as if the fingers are too short?...the model as such is amazing and for these pics i would say has already a convincing paintjob...
looking forward to see these mercs soon with a lick of paint on them, they´re rather nice sculpts from what i can see...

Sorry for no replies. I am currently at the hospital (not mine), my mother was just wheeled in for surgery. She was fine before dinner with a friend, but got taken to the ER because of feeling something stuck in her throat. Her stomach has twisted over on itself and torn through her diaphragm and is up in her chest. The doctor says there's an e trembly high mortality rate. Waiting to hear.

 Theophony wrote:
Sorry for no replies. I am currently at the hospital (not mine), my mother was just wheeled in for surgery. She was fine before dinner with a friend, but got taken to the ER because of feeling something stuck in her throat. Her stomach has twisted over on itself and torn through her diaphragm and is up in her chest. The doctor says there's an e trembly high mortality rate. Waiting to hear.

Theo, I am gonna hope and pray all goes well

Best wishes mate! What a disturbing diagnosis...

Holy crap man... let us know, our thoughts are with you guys :(

Jings. All thoughts and etc your way mate.

Best wishes and prayers are with you bud.

All the best to you and the family.

Thanks everyone for best wishes. Mom survived the first (and most dramatic) surgery and has been recovering since about 2a.m. She is still being kept under sedation as they could not close up the incision as they will need to go in a few more times yet. They had to remove a good portion of her stomach, part of her esophaugus, and part of a vein that feeds both of those things. Her stomach ruptured and spilled all the contents into her chest and abdominal cavities, even though they cleaned it out thoroughly twice now she has still developed sepsis and they are trying to stop that from spreading and bring up all her vitals which are low. THey will not bring her out of the sedation for a few days at least and at best we are looking at 2-3 weeks in the Intensive Care Unit before moving out to a regular hospital room. the surgeon is very frank with us. She should have died last night and he isn't giving her much of a chance. Even if she survives and comes around her quality of life will be very low. Feeding tubes and other implants will be needed by the middle to end of the week for getting nutrients as regular I.V. drips are not for a long haul. We kids have been discussing the situation and we all know that Is not how Mom would want to live, but we still need to try. Dad is trying to stay strong, but he has follow up surgery himself tomorrow from his health scare a couple weeks ago.

We just talked to our kids and had to give them the speech. THey haven't lost anyone this close yet, so it's going to be hard if/when it occurs.

Thanks Again everyone. Hopefully good news comes soon and I can get back to a better, more joyful topic of discussion here.

I'm impressed you have the grace to come at this so calmly, I'm sure it's a big help to the rest of your family in this sucky time.

I'm really, truly, sorry to hear this news. I wish you and yours all the best whatever the outcome. Stay strong.

I'm so sorry Theo. My hopes and prayers to your mom, you and your family.

Sorry to hear of your family problems there Theo. Thoughts are with the lot of you. This is what I hate about getting older...

Yikes dude! that really sucks.

Theo, I am sorry for what has happened toy you and yours, and I hope that if she does pass it is as painless as possible, however, I also now as my family has lost a few in the past decade, the emotional pain of the survivors is another matter. Know that we are all here for you in spirit if not physically where you are at.

Thank You everyone, this support is exactly what I need right now.

Dad had his follow up surgery today from his issues a few weeks ago. It didn't go well. Blood pressure went through the roof after the surgery, and his pain level was higher than before the first occurrence. He's stable now, but they couldn't remove everything and had to replace the stint that they had in. He will need another surgery before Christmas.

Still no change in Mom. They have her on every type of antibiotic they can (she's allergic to penicillin) as she has gotten septic from her stomach contents spilling into her body. Her blood pressure is e trembly low so they have to medicate her to get that up to a stable level. They don't want to do the surgery until she is "stable", but the clock is ticking. Basically the doctors have told us to prepare for the worst, only a miracle at this point. From what the doctors said about her life quality after all this we know that she would not want to come through the surgery. They are afraid to wake her to check any other conditions at this point.

Sorry to vent, but typing helps me get thoughts out even if they are jumbled. Also spelling might suck right now as I'm on your 28 straight and I'm headed back up to the hospital to be there overnight tonight as my brother and sisters need a break, and someone has to stay at home with Dad.

All our thoughts and prayers are with you right now.

Tough times. Life throwing a curve ball right now.

Damn it all, sorry man, this is rough. Vent all you need, we're here.

oh wow. Just caught up on your thread. My heart goes out to you and your family, mate. I know I can't say or do anything that's going to make a difference, but for what little that it's worth, I'm thinking about you guys.

Quick update.

Dad is doing great, some discomfort, but he couldn't be stopped from coming up to the hospital and staying for hours last night before mom's surgery and then came up for the surgery today and is still doing fine.

Mom's surgery started an hour late, and went long but the outcome has been a lot better than was expected. THey removed more food and other debris from her chest and abdomen literally flushing it with liters and liters of saline to get everything out. No additional organ damage had occurred which surprised the two surgeons and third doctor all working on her at the same time. THey did not have to enter in through her back/side which was a tremendous risk as they would have to have deflated one of her lungs to do so. Feeding tube has been connected so the most important part of the surgery was accomplished. They said if that part could not have been done then there was nothing more to achieve. THey attached drain tubes in her neck, chest and abdomen and inserted tubes in her esophagus and stomach to keep them viable for reattaching them at some point in the future 6-9 months.

Now the waiting begins. THey are still fighting the infection with everything they can, but they are still concerned about sepsis, pneumonia and other things that i can't think of right now (30+ hours before I slept for 4).

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Still need them as they are expecting 2-3 more weeks in ICU before going to a nursing home and eventually home.

I'll add my thoughts and well wishes for you and your family. Hope all goes as well as it possibly can.

Sorry I was a bit slow, I hadn't checked in here for a couple of days.

Glad to hear they could clean out the debris and get her set up, now to pray for her recovery from the infection, so the other things can get done.

Great News this morning.

The word miracle has been used multiple times by our doctors over the last 36 hours since surgery ended. Mom is not out of the woods yet, but she is well ahead of anything the doctors could have hoped for. They have begun feeding her through the tube, just little amounts as not to shock the already taxed system. She has been maintaining her own blood pressure for most of the last 24 hours with only minimal assistance from medicines in that regard. They brought her partly out of sedation while my sisters were in the room to check her awareness and she was able to open her eyes and focus on them, she even had some tears that had to be wiped away. She was able to move her hands and toes when asked to by the nurses and squeezed my sisters hands when their names were said so she recognizes and comprehends. Her breathing has greatly improved, she is still attached to a ventilator, but she is doing the majority of the work now. Still a long way to go and the doctors keep warning us of possible set backs, but definitely miraculous at this point. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I really mean it. Thank You All.

I cannot go see her till this weekend as I developed a cold from my 30+ hour marathon of being up there awake, and any helpful germs could cause a major setback. Antibiotics have been consumed and I'm trying to get rest to get my body up to par for the next few rounds of recovery.

That is great news!

Good to hear it man, good to hear it. Keep us apprised, and good luck and well wishes for all.

Better news couldn't come quick enough. The doctor took my mom off the ventilator completely. They even removed the tube and she is trying to talk, but still very weak. She tried to write, but her hands are so swollen from all the IVs they have in her she can't feel the pen. My wife just re Ted me a picture of her in bed, she's still sacked out on pain meds and her biggest question when told about all the visitors was "is the house clean?" that's my moms priorities right there.

To celebrate, I bought some space monkeys (morat vanguard infantry which was the deal of the day at my home away from home). I think I have a plan for the paint scheme as I really didn't like the one I had done before. I'm thinking space monkeys in Banana suits time to fear the yellow. Plus that will look good with my MODcube sets which should be on their way as we speak. It'll probably beat my KOW2 kickstarter in showing up.

Glad your mom is doing a bit better. Hope your dad is, too. That's a hell of a situation to be in. I hope things continue to improve.

capital news mate! i will not cease to cross my fingers for her! things like make up thoughts or house cleaning always are a good sign as the patient then wants to get better and get the life back she has had before the incident... so every doc sure looks for these demands/thoughts in a patient... that is the best news...

tho our own health is also not something to take lightly now!!! a daily dose of ginger is something i would advise you to take... it warms the body a treat and strengthens the whole system...and the quicker you´re back on full health the quicker you´re able to see your mom boss you around again

Glad to hear it man. Wishing for your family's continued well-being.

Grats on the morats. I said no this morning and checked again at 9:30 after my will began to cave... fortunately they were sold out

Thats great news Theo.