Emergency Surgery - Outrider
 

(posted by Deanne on behalf of Craig) Thursday/Friday - Things have taken a turn for the worse and the tumour started bleeding Saturday & hasn't stopped, so I'm in hospital right now having emergency blood transfusions with surgery to follow ASAP. My wife Deanne has posted this for me and she'll update as soon as we can. Thanks for your support guys.
Friday night (from Deanne) - Hi to everyone - well it's been a long day but the surgery has been completed and he has made it through the operation and is now in intensive care. The surgeon says that they have removed the tumour which should stop the bleeding. I will spend most of the day at the hospital, so, will post another update as soon as I can. From me personally, I thank all of you for your support, prayers, thoughts & friendship. Even though most of you are a long way away, the bonds that have formed between youselves are great. I know the next couple of weeks are going to be really rough for Craig, but, he will be asking what's happening with you all :). Take care.

Craig my thoughts and prayers are with you and Deanne stay strong my friend. As I type this a healthy 11 pound Gianna is sleeping on my chest and 7 months and 1 day ago she was born 1 pound 5 ounces, I believe in miracles.

Same here. I believe in miracles too. Please tell Craig to not forget the Rocky head he has promised me. :)

OMG! Hang in there! Hang in there!

thank goodness the tumor is out

All I can say is that my thoughts are with you...

Forza Outrider!

Craig/Deanne, I think it is a great news getting the tumor removed. As I said previous you'll get out of it soon, we have many more lessons to take from you on picture shooting.

Get better fast my friend, we all here in Brazil are thinking about you. And Deanne keep taking care as you have been doing and I'm sure Craig will be back on his feet soon.

Stay well!

Força Craig!

Luís

Our thoughts are with you both, keep strong my friend!

Pull through this and stay strong as you will be missed

to ye both .I hope you can get through this difficult time and he pulls trough . we're all routing for him. and for you to be strong Deanne .
as most said I wish I could do more but there only so much you can do from being so far away .

I don't know what else to say. Stay strong, both of you.

My thoughts and prayers are with you craig! I send you all the strength I can my friend get better soon!

Holy cow! I knew something wasn't right. It's good to know that Craig's ok. You're both in our thoughts. Be strong Craig.

You guys take care. And recover quickly, Craig. We need some more Outrider goodness on here!

Be strong.. You have my support!
 

From the United Kingdom, Please both be strong and both be courageous. I wish you both the best of wishes and my thoughts are with you in this great time of need.

It is vital right now that we all must offer our support and loyalty to help craig pull through, I'm absolutely delighted that he managed to pull through the surgery and lets all hope he grows from strength to strength.

My biggest thanks to Deanne who has been good enough to post up and let us all know with updates, you should know that when you read this thread everyone of us at Joe Dios thinks very highly of Craig and wants him to return back to Joe Dios asap, he's a true JD soldier and has inspired each and every one of us to better ourselves in our hobby and in our own personal lifes. (I can certainly vouch that for myself).

Take care to the both of you and please update us continually as and when you possibly can.

All my best wishes.
Richard

Manchester, United kingdom

Deanne and Craig, my prayers are still with you both. Keep fighting!

Stay strong and get better man!

I can only offer my prayers and hopes from here but, you know every single one of us would be there in person if we could! Instead we are with both of you in spirit in this critical time! Thank you Deanne for keeping us updated, Craig is beyond an inspiration to so many of us and truely a class act in my book. Be sure he gets the rest he needs and not to concern himself only with getting well, we are all wanting him back at 100%

Now as in always, my prayers are with you.

My best wishes to Craig and to you as well. I know we will see him back posting amazing pics soon enough but not too soon, get the rest you need. Both of you.

Best wishes for a full recovery. Hang in there, Outrider.

Be well, my friend. Words cannot convey my hopes for your speedy recovery.

Looking forward to your return. A day without an Outrider pic is like a day without sunshine. :D

Get well Craig. If God owes me any favors, I'll call them in for you! If not, maybe I can get him to extend me a line of Credit and pay him back as needed! I'm praying hard for you, buddy! Get well!

Good thing that the tumor is outand Craig is alright . You are still in my thoughts!

CF :)

May God's grace be with you both Craig and Deanne. I have been praying and will continue to do so. Get well soon!

Best of luck Craig

If anyone can do it, Craig, the Outrider can. Hang in there bud we're all praying for you!

I hope and belive in his improved health. It sounds like the the doctors are on the ball. Good luck!

Stay Strong,and my Prayers are with you and Deanne.

My first post
 

Dear Outrider,

From what I understand having the operation at this time could swing both ways. I´m fairly certain I'm the first from Iceland to participate on Joedios and with all the people from all these countries. How can God (or any higher being)NOT listen to us and make sure this goes the right way.

I've been going daily to our site since 2005 but never contributed in any way and only enjoyd the fine work of everyone. This was the first pic I saw and ever since I was HOOKED :)

http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/sho...r&imageuser=120

May the GI JOE Force be with you
Arni

The thoughts and prayers of my family and I are with both of you. May you have a speedy recovery Craig!

Slightly off topic but thats one of my favourites by Outrider too! :D I really like the Night Raven.

I'm sorry to hear about the bleeding tumor. I'm glad to hear that Outrider is doing better. My thoughts are with you both!!!

Stay in the fight my friend!! Prayers and candles will stay strong here for you and your family!!

There is a ton of positive karma out there for you and yours. Please dedicate yourself to recovery At this point. Everyone around here is pulling for you. Besides, you can't go anywhere because we haven't finished our diostories for you yet

Hang in there man, and best wishes and hopes to you both.

The most important thing now is to concentrate on your recovery, so take your time.. and stay strong.