FOR FOLKS WHO DONT WANNA READ THROUGH ALL THE PAGES......PHIL PASSSED THIS MORNING @ 5:50 AM 11-12-07 thanks to all of you for your prayers and well wishes!!!! it hope more then youll ever know! todd reed and family! hey gang, as some of ya know i lost my dad this june suddenly at 55...thats a ruff one..then 2 weeks ago on my dads birthday, i buried a dear friend and ole hat rodder don [fooler]..well, i guess my test is not quite done yat..my best friend phil hasnt been feeling good..back hurtin..so im farmin yesterday and 3 people called to tell me phil's lookin bad..so they want me to talk him into see a doc..well, i get to phils and he agrees to go..havin numbness in his legs..thinkin he's havin back issues, off we go..they do blood work, and xrays...theres a tumur in his lung thats came out and destroyed some ribs and swollen his armpit and chest...so we have to go today at 1 to quincy to the cancer center. ..we thought for counsel and to figure out whats next..they tell phil it dont look good and he needs to stay for a day or 2 for test...shit!!!phil just loves that idea so they started doin mri's and the nurse tells me its goin to be another hour and a half..so me and phils 2 daughters come home...audrey, his oldest calls back to see if the hosp had called..my phones dead so no..she tells me they have to remove the tumor tonight or he may never walk again..so thats were we are at right now..i have to sleep so im goin down in the morning .. phil was to be the other half of my painting business..set to start this month...tdcpainting[two drunks construction,] youd have to been there but now thats not goin to be...phils 56 and my dearest friend in the world....if you could please shoot some prayers his way, i would love ya for it!!!heres the pic of the three of us that i posted on the FOOLER passin away thread...its me, don, and phil..then the other is our first paint job last winter..i bought a giant rig after we did some jobs with our little one..like i said, this was the month we were to start .GOD BLESS YA BUDDY AND ILL SEE YA IN THE MORN!!! thanks for reading....todd
[if you could please shoot some prayers his way,] Thats a rough one, but not for GOD....stay strong and I'll be prayin for Phil.
i'm sorry for all of your recent hardship I hope things get better as soon as possible, I hope phil gets through ok
thanks folks...i think at some point i would like to do an auction for phil and his family..phil has very little and im goin to help anyway i can..im gonna wait and see what happens tomarrow and maybe ill ask ryan then if it would be okay...the gals at my restaurant are goin to do some cans around town to raise some funds for them...he's one heck of a guy...but like you say,, only GOD has this one...
You have had more sorrow than anyone should have to bear. I'll be praying for you and your friend. Doc.
no news is good news right?? well, it 8 in the morn..gettin my son ready for school then back to the hospital..his daughter audrey hasnt called..im affraid to call there and wake her up..im sure she's had a very long night...and i really dont wanna know to tell ya the truth....keep on prayin hamb and ill letcha know when we get home!!!!and thank you all for the thoughts...todd
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