Just messaged a friend of his. For those that don’t know, he was paralyzed in a wreck as a teenager. I dunno if it is related, but he got UTIs a lot, was complaining about pain yesterday, took some medicine, and didn’t wake up today.
Seems to be true. Awful news. Awful awful news. He was a really good dude.
RIP to our brother.
He was a huge support person for me. We both had spine issues but he had much worse problems and was trying different procedures to get relief. He reached out to me early last year and we compared notes about new pain techniques we had found and we struck up a friendship. The last time we talked about the pain he was looking into some procedure with stem cells. He didn't complain about it much but he was having a tough time lately.
We texted and talked together more than I do with most of my family. We were going to do a handicap hunt together this fall until I had my foot issue that I'm still dealing with so we talked about finding a guided fishing trip next year. He loved to hunt and fish and we shared lots of stories. We found out we had many similar experiences in our youth.
He was a huge support guy when I spent most of June in the hospital. He kept my spirits up while the baseball team made their champion run. We decided I would visit him the next time I came to Mississippi and finally meet face to face and I was going to surprise him and visit Mom and him between Thanksgiving and Christmas but my foot issue had a setback so I decided to come during the spring.
The last time we texted about or Fantasy Football season and injuries there. He told me he had a really painful weekend when A&M beat Bama and had not watched any college football and didn't hear about the Bama upset until Sunday morning . He said it was the first time in 30 years he didn't watch college football We had texted a little this weekend and I was going to try to catch him today to tell him about about my primary doctor and pain doc visits I had.
I'm rambling but I considered him a close friend and brother. I'm really going to miss our ***** sessions about our fantasy teams. We can make some good friends on this little sports boards. I'm pretty sure there are many of us who were friends with Shaun on the board and off who are going to miss him
I'm glad you aren't in pain any more... you were a great friend... God Bless