Update on Richie Hayward Drummer 4 Little Feat

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Update on Richie Hayward Drummer 4 Little Feat


Here is the most recent info on Richie Hayward the Drummer for Little Feat from his wife..

Hello everyone xoxo

Richie had a good night.....no changes,...no complications....not going forward and not going backward.....
Stable

Yesterday he had a CT of his lungs and liver, and kidney, an ultrasound of his tummy and legs, and the usual blood tests all day to test his oxygen and numerous other things. Those are drawn thru an arterial line in his groin.

The CT of the lungs showed that there is still alot of fluid, the CT of his liver showed the two nodules, and the ultrasound of his legs showed poor circulation on one and good on the other. The ultra sound of his tummy showed little fluid, and tons of gas and bloating due to a bowel obstruction that he brilliantly corrected on his own yesterday. His ammonia levels were very high as you can imagine not having a movement since Friday. He is working on that now, and we are grateful.

His skin is breaking down from all the steroids, so we have to watch close for tares.

His Kidney is stressed now, and they are constantly watching that as well. They are also watching his liver and it's functioning.
His blood pressure is low, and he has edema.

They are worried about Heart issues, but so far....he is holding his own there.

He has ARDS which is, adult respiratory distress syndrome

That is, the bodies reaction to either pneumonia, an infection of some kind or other, a trauma, or a virus.

They did a bronc-oscopy yesterday and took a tissue sample, and fluid samples, and are growing them over night to see if Richie has another kind of bacterial infection that the four antibiotics he has been on are just not able to touch.

If it is bacterial, then we hope it will be just a matter of finding out what kind of medications work to take care of it.

If it is Viral.....then we are in trouble, as time is not on our side.

He is a very sick man.

All day yesterday, I stoked his hair, and sang to him.....and massaged his feet and hands....and wiped his forehead with a cloth.
They decreased his sedation, to see if he was able to breathe a bit on his own.
When I walked in yesterday morning....he heard my voice, and his eyes opened so wide....and he bit down on his tubes, and he got this little tear in his eye. I cried a thousand tears.
I have forgotten how beautiful his eyes were when they looked at me x

By 6:45 PM, the sedation was lower. When I said I was going to Scott's for dinner while they do shift change ( I have to leave everyday from 7-9 ) He looked scared,.....he started to stack his breaths, and fight the machine. They increased his sedation while I was away, and when I came back, he could still open his eyes and see me....he was just much less agitated.

When I left last night at 11:30, he started to do it again.....so I scooched as close as I could to him,.....put my head against his head,...held him as close as I could,....and whispered to him....
"We are going to do this together.....you need to relax and rest, and allow this time to make you well......I told him I love him more than life, and I will be there all the way....he is not alone,...he is safe and in good hands....and I am five minutes away, I call every hour on the hour, and will be here first thing in the morning to kiss him awake......"
I covered him in my tears.....and when I felt him slowing down his breaths, and not fighting the machine anymore,....
I whispered.....dream in colour my sweet husband.....get better so we can jump in a pile of Haywards xoxo

Hardest thing is to leave him......

I love him so very much.....He is the other beat of my heart....and I can't imagine my life without him....and I am terrified. x

In the same breath....I have hope...and faith....and I believe that love is stronger that life....and we have a connection that will carry us thru all of this. One we have both waited a lifetime to find.

We have a rainbow xoxox

Love and light
Me x


And if you would like to Help with donations for Richie Hayward you can contact the Organization Sweet Relief.

http://www.sweetrelief.org/

Donation page: https://npo.networkforgood.org/Donate/D ... Id=1001344

Thank you for assisting with our 2010 emergency fundraising. Your donation will go to help pay for the medical treatment, food, rent or vital personal expenses of suffering musicians.

You can contact us at 714-846-3030

email at [email protected]

or mail us
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
4952 Warner Ave, Suite 235
Huntington Beach, CA 92649

[martinkellogs]

best wishes to him.

[beats me]

Good read except I don't know who you are talking about and it's about 3,000 words too long.

On the other hand I FINALLY see why the world needs twitter and it's limitations.

[senator adam]

Ah that sucks.. I saw Little Feat live last year and it was one of the best performances I've ever seen. My mom won the tickets on a radio station and took me, and I was blown away. Such a tight band that can play their songs for the crowd perfectly, but also jam and improvise like no other... as well as joking and having fun with the crowd, and actually taking requests. It was great. True musicians...

[senator adam]

Good read except I don't know who you are talking about and it's about 3,000 words too long.

On the other hand I FINALLY see why the world needs twitter and it's limitations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Hayward

[stringtapper]

Hold up, the dude lives in Canada and doesn't have health insurance? I thought those guys had health care all figured out and were one of the models for the US to follow? What gives? Is it because he's American?

[mojofunk]

That's some sad stuff .

One might have thought they wouldn't make it without Lowell George, but the band without him has lasted longer than Lowell was even alive. Cause they rock!

[RonaldDumsfeld]

Fuck me that's horrible.

Anyone with medical or pharmaceutical knowledge know what drugs I need to stockpile just in case?

[boscoremus]

R.I.P. Richie Hayward (born February 6, 1946 in Clear Lake, Iowa died August 12, 2010, Victoria B.C.) is a drummer
who is best known as a founding member and drummer in the band Little
Feat.
In August 2009, Richie Hayward announced that he had been diagnosed with
a severe liver disease and would not be at work indefinitely. A benefit
concert was organised and a website created where fans unable to attend
could donate towards his treatment costs. I was proud to be part of those fundraisers working with such a loving group of people caring about each other. My love and prayer go out to Shauna, his wife, and their family and all those friends and fans who stood by him. God had a better place for him to go. Somewhere over the rainbow...See More
By: Cherié Lynnae Whitaker