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     Location: OH. IO | Dear Lord look over this brave young soldier and his family.Please guide the doctors through his surgery and give his wife strength to believe.Take him in your arms Lord,and help him heal,in your name we ALL PRAY,AMEN.    |
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | DaveM - 2019-08-20 10:27 AM
Update: His brothers welcomed him home. He's not out of the woods yet. Lots of prayers.

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| Pray pray and pray!! Thank you all so much for everything this has been a nightmare and still is. The support and love all over the world has been nothing but amazing though! Ryan is still in very very critical conditions pieces of **** terrorists will not win. Knox man needs his daddy and I need my husband. The head ortho and head trauma surgeon are out of surgery and spoke with me. They were very happy that Ryan was stable enough to last 5 hours so they could work on him. I believe it was because the chaplin and I talked with him before going in for surgery and prayed with him. He moved his eyes twice when i was talking to him. His blood pressure and heart rate went down when talking to him this morning. Dr. had to take a lot of bones, muscle and tissue out of the pelvic area, considering they were dead. They will have to do a big skin graph for that area. They need to control the bleeding. They are not done in there. They will continue to cut, clean and take out dead areas. They had to amputate his left foot to his higher end of calf/shin area. He did save my name on his tattoo he said :) They had to do that because of all the dead tissue, bone, and muscle. The more dead stuff in his body the worse off he will be. I have been very vocalized about getting everything dead out so he can start healing and fighting the infection. The dead is causing infection so they need to continue to get it out. He is still very very sick. They are continuing the antibiotics that he needs. His blood pressure medicine is down to 2 instead of 3. HIS HEART RATE IS DOWN!!! His kidneys are still not working but he didnt need the dialysis machine in the or. His labs are high not good. They are needing them down. They will go back in the or tomorrow morning. Today has been a good day overall. Praying for comfort, his heart rate to stay low, his lab numbers to get low, his blood pressure to get more stable, him to be able to get a feeding tube, he needs calories to fight this infection, and his body to start to heal inside. Pray pray and pray! So very thankful for our good lord and prayer warriors. He is working his miracles!! asia |
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | DaveM - 2019-08-20 3:28 PM
Pray pray and pray!! Thank you all so much for everything this has been a nightmare and still is. The support and love all over the world has been nothing but amazing though!
Ryan is still in very very critical conditions pieces of **** terrorists will not win. Knox man needs his daddy and I need my husband.
The head ortho and head trauma surgeon are out of surgery and spoke with me. They were very happy that Ryan was stable enough to last 5 hours so they could work on him. I believe it was because the chaplin and I talked with him before going in for surgery and prayed with him. He moved his eyes twice when i was talking to him. His blood pressure and heart rate went down when talking to him this morning.
Dr. had to take a lot of bones, muscle and tissue out of the pelvic area, considering they were dead. They will have to do a big skin graph for that area. They need to control the bleeding. They are not done in there. They will continue to cut, clean and take out dead areas. They had to amputate his left foot to his higher end of calf/shin area. He did save my name on his tattoo he said :) They had to do that because of all the dead tissue, bone, and muscle. The more dead stuff in his body the worse off he will be. I have been very vocalized about getting everything dead out so he can start healing and fighting the infection.
The dead is causing infection so they need to continue to get it out. He is still very very sick. They are continuing the antibiotics that he needs. His blood pressure medicine is down to 2 instead of 3. HIS HEART RATE IS DOWN!!!
His kidneys are still not working but he didnt need the dialysis machine in the or. His labs are high not good. They are needing them down. They will go back in the or tomorrow morning. Today has been a good day overall. Praying for comfort, his heart rate to stay low, his lab numbers to get low, his blood pressure to get more stable, him to be able to get a feeding tube, he needs calories to fight this infection, and his body to start to heal inside.
Pray pray and pray! So very thankful for our good lord and prayer warriors. He is working his miracles!!
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Thanks for the undate Dave, I keep coming back here to check for up dates on Ryan and I pray that they are all good, this was a better update then I was thinking it was going to be, My heart skiped a bit when I saw the update, was worried it was going to be a bad one, but this was better then I thought.. Ryan keeping you in my thoughts and prayers        |
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We stand with Ryan and his family in prayer, Dear Lord, that you cover him with your mighty grace. That the doctors are guided by your hand and you anoint Ryan as a true warrior as he fights this battle. May his family be reunited with their husband/father/son soon. This we ask in your most holy name. Amen
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Gail - 2019-08-21 1:59 PM
Update:
Ryan is still in very very critical condition. Not out of any woods. He knows I need my husband and Knox needs his dad though. Overall an uneventful night, which is good. Blood pressure is stable with hardly any medicine, heart rate has been great, kidneys still not working but on crrt dialysis, his blood needs to start clotting a little in all the right places not the wrong places, his labs need improvement, and all but he is fighting!! He is my fighter. He is surgery now so please pray which i know you all do great!! He opened his eyes last night so wide. He tried to get his tube out last night, he moved his eyes, and he moved his eye brows! All last night This morning he tried to get tube out again, moved his eyes, his head and eye brows. God is amazing and my husband is my fighter!!
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     Location: OH. IO | Heavenly Father we thank you for stabilizing Ryan's blood pressure,and for keeping his heart strong.We ask you now to put your hands on Ryan's kidneys,and bring them back to working order.We ask that you help his blood do what it needs to do Lord,And one miracle after another we thank you for your helpfulness to heal this warrior.We thank you for every miracle for Ryan,that leads to the next.In your name we pray,amen.     |
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Thank you Gail and Dave for sharing Ryans journey with us on here, all I can think about is this man and his family right now, he needs prayers and I hope that more will join in on here, I would love to see this thread being blown up with PRAYERS, he needs all the prayers he can get, so I hope to see this thread being bumped up with more prayers..        
Mary {Jake16} your prayers on here for Ryan are beautiful 
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There are 2 strands of bacteria in blood. We need to kill those!! Pray the strep gets killed with the antibiotics! Pray hard that the Afghanistan bacteria gets killed with drugs, it is resistant to antibiotics but they are hoping to finding different ones.
That one is the top of their concern. Those Afghanistan A***H****s! They placed a feeding tube past his stomach, so pray he takes those well. He needs nutrition to fight! Tomorrow they're hopefully taking the day off to give his body a break. If all goes good tonight they will do just that and continue surgery Friday. Lord please give him the strength he needs. He is a fighter. We love him oh so much. Please pray everyone ?????thank you to all for praying and giving it to the Lord. Asia Ann
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     Location: OH. IO | Heavenly father,we thank you for all of the gracious miracles you have shown to us with Ryan.I pray that eyes are watching each little miracle that happens,and draws people closer to you Lord We do ask in prayer that you continue to guide his doctors,and to heal his surgeries,each and every one as they take place.We are thanking you for the life of this hero,and praying for you to overlook his miracles tonight and all the days forward.Bless his family,and give them peace and strength.In your name we pray,Amen      |
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Gail - 2019-08-23 8:46 AM Update: An update from Asia Ann on Ryan. Please keep praying- He hears you!! Update.... He hears us and is not in pain. I need my hubby and Knox man needs his daddy. We love you babe. Keep fighting!!! Pray pray and pray. Prat warriors keep it up they are working. Today was a stable day. Ryan is still in very very very critical condition. He is not out of any woods. His labs have been stable today. They are pumping his body with antibiotics that he needs for the blood infections. Please pray for his infections and that his infections get treated with antibiotics. Feeding tube is dripping slowly, they will stop that now for surgery tomorrow. His hearing test is good, considering I was worried about the antibiotic that were going to kill his hearing. His lungs didnt sound very good tonight with the nurse. They did a breathing treatment but still sounded bad. Please pray for his lungs. Going in for surgery tomorrow morning please pray for a successful surgery. Thank you again for all the prayers. He hears them and the good Lord is doing miracles. This is a good update and good to hear that hes fighting hard and I hope that the updates just keep getting better, Ryan thinking of you, and thank you for all that you have done while serving our country prayers for you             
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Update from Ryan's wife:
Update...Thank you to all who have been praying, thinking of us and believing. It means the world to us. Ryan is still very very critical. Prayers are working. He is working miracles. Ryan is a fighter. We are fighting with him. Bacteria still in blood but on medicine. Lungs much better still not good. They took him off ventilator this Afternoon. Kidneys still not working very good. His feeding tube not working the best for him so they will try and work with that tonight. I walked in there around 12:30 and just started talking to him for a good 20 min.. I told him that if he needed to nap and if he didnt want visitors or he was tired to tell people or nurse. So I asked can you say that. He said yes. So i told him i was leaving but giving 5 min for him to gather himself before I let another vistor in. Then I told his dad and one of his old company commander in. Only for 5 min. They came out and I was getting ready to send 2 more visitors in...... then the nurse came out and asked to talk to me. She then proceeded to tell me Ryan asked for me to tell his wife that he needs to take a @****( use your imagination) nap. ?? thats my hubby. Please pray for the bacteria infection in his blood, his kidneys, his lungs to get stronger from them collapsing, the medicine in which is trying to help his body, his wounds that are healing and please pray for him to continue fighting and getting better. He needs them!
      
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UPDATE....all from morning They did a eco on heart this morning. Please pray that comes back good. The cpap is still working . He is breathing 100 on that. The x-ray this morning showed cloudy lungs. Pray the dialysis machine helps that. Blood pressure is elevated so they are giving medication for that. There was a inclusion in his neck. So they started the medicine drip to break that up. Praying this works. The ultrasound of leg and arm are good. The ultrasound of heart looked good too last night. Pray pray and pray. Once i see him later today and talk to Doc. I will give another update. That was this morning. Just spoke with infectious disease doctor too. The e coli that was in his bone they took out on friday is still postive in his body so they are hitting him with more Colistin to try and kill this nasty bug. They are also testing other medications to see if they can add more to kill it. Spoke with Dr...Echo is back, supporting the diagnosis of blood clot in lung, but small clot. Not putting chest tube in, just did ultrasound of his lung not putting chest tube in. Going to get more fluid off with dialysis, that should help his lungs more. The clot in neck is where the line was. So not too surprised, thinning his blood now and took that line out so should be "treated" blood thinner for 3 months. |
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| Update Newer Update from Asia Ann Update this morning. He is going into the OR this morning. His lungs are still hurting him. The x-ray showed no new stuff but still very cloudy with a little fluid. He was on the nose oxygen all night but this morning he was having issues breathing so i asked them to put him back on the cpap. He didnt want it but then when i was talking to him about knox needing he said yes i think thats a good idea. So they put him back on it. They were able to pull off the amount of fluid they wanted from the dialysis machine. He is fighting and knows how much he needs to. His kidneys still aren't good but the machine is working for them. Please pray for a successful surgery. His lungs to start getting better. His body to continue to fight. His pain to not be so bad. His kidneys to continue to fight. His infections start to get treated with the antibiotics. Thank you all for your continue prayers. Thank you Katie B for holding down the fort with Knox man. Along with all the help with the neighbors and freinds there in Savannah! Couldn't do it without all of you. ??? |
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | jake16 - 2019-08-29 3:16 PM
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jake16 - 2019-08-29 3:16 PM
Really praying for a good update,I'm getting worried:/
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| Update: 8/30/2019 Latest update from Asia....Thank you to all who have been praying, thinking of us and believing. It means the world to us. Surgery this morning. Ryan is still in very critical. Prayers are working. He is working miracles. Ryan is a fighter. We are fighting with him. Overall had a pretty uneventful day. He was pretty good this morning. Spent about 50 minutes with him. He was complaining about phantom pains. I talked to nurse about medicine. So they decided to up his medicine for the pain during the day and night. He was worried about his kidneys and lungs. His kidneys are still not functioning but they are on dialysis. I told him they are okay right now. His blood work has been good today besides the infections that are still in his body. His blood pressure has been high. But the medicine has been able to control it. His xray of lung still shows fluid and very cloudy. He was himself in so many ways today. His humor and his love for being alive. The prayers have been working. Please continue to pray for the lungs to get clear and better. Pray for his kidneys to keep fighting. Pray for His body to continue to heal. His wounds to stay clean and His bacteria infection in his body to get clear. His surgery tomorrow morning to be good too. His heart to continue to fight and beat. Pray warriors pray and praise the Lord. |
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| Update: pdate from Asia Ann after today’s surgery. Please prayer warriors keep lifting Ryan up for healing and clearing of the infection. “Update from surgery... He did not have a good day. Found puss by tailbone traveling to left area. They blasted that with bleach and antibiotics..cut a 20 cm incision took out only 3cm of fat that may have been dead tomorrow. They will take him back in for surgery tomorrow. Just a rollercoater of a ride. Lord please continue to fight with Ryan. I ask you to lord to get inside of his body and kill this infection. Give him the strength he needs to fight this and continue to fight.” |
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| Ryan Update from his wife Asia Ann Prayer warriors please pray for this bacteria CRE and e.coli infection to get killed in his body. Its there but not in his blood, thank you Jesus Amen to another good surgery day, thank you god!! Ryan still in very critical condition. But, no dead stuff and no infection. He breathed better again during the surgery too. Staples on his stomach ripped but they fixed them. no word on the antibiotic from Japan but the FDA gave the green light so its a waiting game. Over all Ryan is doing okay, vitals are good. Docs are looking to extubate him so he can get a break from the tube in his mouth. They will continue with oxygen. They are going to push nutrition hard he needs it big time. Pray that goes smoothly. They will also be doing a PET CT scan tomorrow. Praying that will help. He will go back in for surgery Wednesday. Thank you all for the love and support. Power of prayer works. Don't stop!
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Gail - 2019-09-03 8:35 AM
Ryan Update from his wife Asia Ann
Prayer warriors please pray for this bacteria CRE and e.coli infection to get killed in his body. Its there but not in his blood, thank you Jesus Amen to another good surgery day, thank you god!! Ryan still in very critical condition. But, no dead stuff and no infection. He breathed better again during the surgery too. Staples on his stomach ripped but they fixed them. no word on the antibiotic from Japan but the FDA gave the green light so its a waiting game. Over all Ryan is doing okay, vitals are good. Docs are looking to extubate him so he can get a break from the tube in his mouth. They will continue with oxygen. They are going to push nutrition hard he needs it big time. Pray that goes smoothly. They will also be doing a PET CT scan tomorrow. Praying that will help. He will go back in for surgery Wednesday. Thank you all for the love and support. Power of prayer works. Don't stop!
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      Location: Arkansas | jake16 - 2019-09-05 7:43 PM
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| Update: Update....RLTW & RWLTW & RKLTW ?????Praying to the man upstairs. Our God is an awesome God. Pretty stable/okay day today. Just a few words that stuck with me today. My parents were on speaker phone saying i love you and how proud they are of him. I said you dont need to talk just listen. Afterwards he looked at me and said "they know i love them." I said yes they do thats why you didnt need to say anything for your lungs sake. Then we were in there before bed and he was telling me to go get him clothes so we can get out. I said where do you want to go he said "stop asking questions get me clothes and lets go." Love that man. His pancreatitis is not good he is in a lot of pain. Praying that gets a little better. His left lung from x-ray looks worse then yesterday but he is off vent and on oxygen through nose tube. His pneumonia is still there. Praying that starts to turn around. His bacteria/infection is still not in blood but still in body. Hopeful to get meds tomorrow or Saturday. Praying those work. The antifungal antibiotics I pray are still working and fighting his fungas. His kidneys seem to be working but will not stop dialysis cause of the amount of fluid they need to get off of his body. He is very swollen from all the blood, surgerys and antibiotics. He may go in for surgery tomorrow or he may not. Thats up in the air as of right now getting off phone with doctor. Power of prayer. He love us and will continue to fight. Thank you for all the prayers and love. Means so much to us. ????? |
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| Here is the latest update. Thank you for your prayers: Ok prayer warriors- keep it up! Asia Ann , Ryan and Knox still need us! Thank you for keeping them all in your hearts and prayers! Here’s the latest update: “Update...pray, pray and pray. Our marathon and rollercoater Last night he was stable. Had a pretty okay night after what happend yesterday. Only slept for about 4/5 hours. His white count went down from 18 to 15. His lungs sounded good cause they put that tube in his left lung yesterday during surgery, so very thankful for that durning this time. Ryan was really tired when Doc went in this morning at 11:30. She was talking to him and had a good convo. She mesaged me saying hey is tired but come up and keep him awake for a little bit. I got over to hospital at 12. Buzzed to be let in, was told had to wait 10 min. Within 5 minutes the alarm started going off which is (code blue alarm.) I said thats Ryan, put down my phone and prayed. Next a dr came flying into the waiting room pressing the button prob 8 times to get in. Couldn't get in. Then the door opened to the side so she flung in. A nurse 10 seconds later comes out to waiting room and says there is an emergency up here we arent letting anyone in. I said it was a doctor trying to get in not me, but is it my husband. She said dont know who it is but its an emergency. I then said to myself yes its my husband time to pray again. Prayed and text Dr saying " I just heard alarms back there....god please dont tell me its him ." 2 min later she comes walking out i said it was him but he didnt stop completely breathing thank GOD!! We caught him in time and he was slower then yesterday. He was talking to the nurses, he then said i am having problems breathing. They put a cold rag on his head and started to fan him. They called in the RT nurse. Ryan then said i need rizzo which is his main Dr. So they called her up. When the RT nurse came in his stats were 100. They all said i know but he says he is having problems. As soon as his Dr came in he started breathing like he did yesterday and his stats were at 50/60 for oxygen. She started talking to him telling him to breath he said i cant. She said you just talked so you can. Breath deep in your nose and out through mouth. He did big nose then little breath out and said no. She then said Ryan %@*&%ing breath. He started to breath. They gave him medicine to calm down after that. I was then let in the room. They are now saying its a panic attack. There is nothing new with medicine and or anything that would make this happen. Now that it had happend two days in a row and nothing is showing up why besides panic attack. They have looked through medicine, through ct scans, xray, ekg, and have talked with everyone they can. Tomorrow a specialist will be coming in the morning to talk to Ryan. One of my pastors will be in tonight. Our Chaplin of the Regiment will be in Tuesday to talk to him. Hoping this helps. Along with prayers and the good Lord fighting with him. And doctors looking further into what has happened the last two days.” |
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| Update Update on Ryan from his wife Asia Ann Update... Surgery went well. AMEN TO NO DEAD muscle or fat and no PUSS !! Praise God!! They put fake skin on his side area to see if his body would tolerate it. They also had to staple his side area . That pain is hard on Ryan. They had to up his dosage for pain medication. His kidney levels are still going up. But not to the point where they putting him back on crt. They believe by tonight he will be. He has gained a lot of fluid in body since surgery. His lungs are not very good but he still has his chest tube in so that is helping him. His white count has gone up a little bit and he needed blood products in surgery today. They were going to give him some in the am but he was going in for surgery. His mind on these pain meds are something else. Got to love him. Thinking someone is going to take his kidneys. Saying he was in germany in a bag with a German lady with a bunch of liquid. Just a bunch. He had been drinking good and keeping those fluids down. Regina Dyess came in tonight and he looked at her and said I love you regina. He had a great talk with Erik Alfsen and Greg tonight too. Please continue to pray for him and his needs. Along with surgery on Friday. Thank you all. Thank you to the good Lord. |
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| Update: Update.... Pray and pray ?????? surgery Friday. So he had a pretty stable okay day. Only had one panic attack today. His white count went down. His red count has been good since he got blood products in the OR the other day. This morning he didnt look very good. He has had his dialysis stopped since surgery yesterday morning. His numbers kept going up so they put him back on crrt dialysis. Which is good cause he was not looking good this am. He aspirated this afternoon on yogurt. So they stopped him eating/drinking and only giving him tube feeds. He had a panic attack this afternoon after his aspiration but he was able to control it. His pain has calmed down but he is on a good amount of medication. Hopefully friday during surgery they can switch to lidocaine. To get rid of some of his pain medications. His lungs this morning are looking better. They will continue to keep chest tube in till end of week. He is at least hacking up all the "Afghanistan ****" as he says. After he aspirated his lungs got worse. He is working with it though. He called me "chatty kathy and Nancy nurse" today so he still has his sense of humor. Knox man had a great day at Zion. So proud of him. Love him so much. Thank you to all who love him!! Thankful for the good Lord, my family and friends for getting me through the horrible no good days and good days. This is a rollercoater and a marathon. Thank you to all who are in it with me. |
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| Afghanistan namely Kabul has terrible air quality. The burn pits the military uses to dispose of "stuff" cause lung problems. If anyone is interested in learning more go to www.Huntersevenfoundation.org My son coughs alot from the air. He gets tired of me asking him if he is sick. I believe the coughing is the result of breathing in all that toxic air in Afghanistan. When Asia refers to the Afghanistan sh*t that is what she is referring to. Thank you for your prayers! |
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| Update from Sunday night 9/15/19 “Update.. pretty good day. Pray and pray they are working. They got him in a chair and wheeled him around the floor again. Again being that he doesn't have a right pelvic or right hip it's very difficult. He was in a lot of pain so he couldn't make it 2 full hours. He tired his best. His left lung is not great on xray still but has a little break in it with clearness on the top. His chest tube is still in and getting rid of fluid. He is still on breathing treatments and will continue to do that. His kidneys are still trying to get back on track. He is on CRRT now. He did have a 12 hour break today and back on it tonight. Great news from Doctor today. He should be out of ICU BY FRIDAY OR the following MONDAY. As long as the surgery Tuesday goes good!! Please continue to pray for his infections, Pray for his lungs, kidneys, his wounds, and anxiety. Thank you all who are praying.” |
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     Location: OH. IO | Hallelujah, Thank you Jesus! Thank you for our daily blessings and miracles as you continue to show us you are in our lives,and Ryan's life!We look forward to your miracles with this soldier,and so many others.Today is a day of thanks for giving Ryan yet another day to fight.We ask that you continue to work on Ryan's kidneys,and infection,and that you bless his family yet again.In your name WE ALL PRAY,AMEN    |
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| Update.....and again we read another Green Beret killed in Afghanistan. And Ryan loses his arm and leg ...please Lord let us out of the this awful war. Last nights update from Asia Ann- loving positive steps! Pray for surgery tomorrow!! “Update.. pretty good day. Pray and pray they are working. Surgery tomorrow morning. They got him in a chair again wheeled him around the floor for a hour in half. Again being that he doesn't have a right pelvic or right hip it's very difficult. He was in a lot of pain so he couldn't make it 2 full hours. He tired his best. His left lung is better today on xray. His chest tube is still in and getting rid of fluid. He sounds a little better too. He is still on breathing treatments and will continue to do that. His kidneys are doing better to get back on track. He is on CRRT now. He did have a 12 hour break today and back on it tonight. He should still be out of ICU Friday or next week. As long as the surgery Tomorrow goes good!! Please continue to pray for his infections, Pray for his lungs, kidneys, his wounds, and anxiety. Thank you all who are praying. P.S our life is still going to be the same just modified. No our visiting won't change once out of hospital about 6 months doc said today. I know I am a *****, a strong and a independent women!! ????????” |
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| Sunday Morning Asia Ann’s update from last night- thankful for forward progress and good visitors! Keep praying! “Another good day. His white count went up a little but nothing too concerning. He will prob need more red blood tomorrow or monday. It is low. His left lung is better but still not fully open. They are doing breathing treatments and lung excercises to better that. His kidneys counts are low still. They are giving him magnesium cause that is low. He has issues with eating but he is drinking enough to surpass. He did eat chicken noodle soup tonight which is great. Oxygen is off during the day but on at night. He was so happy that Mike Benton was able to come visit with him this weekend.He said "it ment so much to him." Thankful for the brothers wanting to come visit him. His pain was better today. Yet still in a lot of pain when sitting up. They will do a fat transfer when they do a tissue expander. That's one of the plastic surgeries thang that they will do down the road! Which will help with no pelvic or hip or ass. We need a hemipelvectomy. Will be talking to guy to get an outsider idea too. Thank you all who are praying and continue to pray. Please keep praying. Power of prayer works!! Thank you Lord!!”” |
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| Update from Tuesday 9/24 from Asia Wanted to clear any waves that are going around regarding news channels. Wanted to thank MY FRIENDS for looking out for US!! Love you all thank you!! The fox new, 59th medical wing, military times, and medical outlets all have been given the right to share this footage through the military. They went through the process and got the footage the way they needed to. They never mentioned name or unit durning the footage. The other news channel that shared a photo back 3/4 weeks did not have the right to share any photo. Update yesterday my hubby had a pretty good day. All of his care was spread out throughout the day. Vistors were great!!! He sat in chair too yesterday for 2 hours. Did a ton of PT for his left arm. Greg and I had him shave his face while sitting in chair that helped him kill time. He did great with his left hand. Now we just need to get s barber up there to cut hair :) his potassium was a little high in am. By the night it was down, which means his kidneys are working better yay. His left lung still isn't completely clear but better then before. His pain yesterday was pretty high but they controlled it medicine. He wishes he didnt have to take it. I hope soon it will be under control so he doesnt have to take that ****. Please continue to pray for his lungs to heal completely, his kidneys to continue to get back to normal.
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| Friday 9/27 update. Overall he had a pretty good day. The wound vac change at his bed side went really good. Will do that again on Tuesday. His red count is still low, but they held off on giving blood today to see if his body can do it himself. His white count has gone down more which is awesome! His lungs look better and sound good. He only has to do breathing treatments when he needs them and or wants them. His kidneys still seem to be working great!! The urine testing for 12/24 hours shows great progress with kidneys. Today he got his prosthetic fitted on his left leg to stand up in and to push around in his bed. It hurt but so awesome that we are so far ahead of schedule. Next week they will start his right arm prosthetic process. He is kicking ass and busting his butt. He is a miracle and this is amazing to watch. Thank you all for the prayers and love. Keep them coming. We love you all.  
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Friday 9/27 update.
Overall he had a pretty good day. The wound vac change at his bed side went really good. Will do that again on Tuesday. His red count is still low, but they held off on giving blood today to see if his body can do it himself. His white count has gone down more which is awesome! His lungs look better and sound good. He only has to do breathing treatments when he needs them and or wants them. His kidneys still seem to be working great!! The urine testing for 12/24 hours shows great progress with kidneys. Today he got his prosthetic fitted on his left leg to stand up in and to push around in his bed. It hurt but so awesome that we are so far ahead of schedule. Next week they will start his right arm prosthetic process. He is kicking ass and busting his butt. He is a miracle and this is amazing to watch. Thank you all for the prayers and love. Keep them coming. We love you all.
 
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| Monday Update Sept. 30 . . . these pictures are so awesome I can't keep my eyes dry. Thanks to everyone on BHW for your prayers. Keep the prayers coming and thanks to Asia for letting us post this personal journey. There's a reason. Keep PRAYING. (from DaveM)

(from Asia) This guy let a lone his family I can't thank enough. He was with Ryan on and off in Afghanistan the entire time after the accident. Flew with him to Texas and just left his side today Thats a bond no one could break. Thank you for being there for him and me the entire time. Thanks for giving me a shoulder to cry on, a hug when needed, ears to listen to me vent, and someone to just hang with during this rough and tough hell of a time. Thank you to his wife Allison for letting him stay for the last month and 2 weeks. Couldn't thank you enough. Enjoy your family time now :) see you all soon after the baby boy is born!! 
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | DaveM - 2019-09-30 6:01 PM
Monday Update Sept. 30 . . . these pictures are so awesome I can't keep my eyes dry. Thanks to everyone on BHW for your prayers. Keep the prayers coming and thanks to Asia for letting us post this personal journey. There's a reason. Keep PRAYING. (from DaveM)

(from Asia) This guy let a lone his family I can't thank enough. He was with Ryan on and off in Afghanistan the entire time after the accident. Flew with him to Texas and just left his side today Thats a bond no one could break. Thank you for being there for him and me the entire time. Thanks for giving me a shoulder to cry on, a hug when needed, ears to listen to me vent, and someone to just hang with during this rough and tough hell of a time. Thank you to his wife Allison for letting him stay for the last month and 2 weeks. Couldn't thank you enough. Enjoy your family time now :) see you all soon after the baby boy is born!!

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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | jake16 - 2019-09-30 9:10 PM
Would love to have an address to send a card and gift card to Asia.
I would love this too!! Been wanting to a send card to him just been waiting for a address and a gift card is a great ideal Mary for Asia  |
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     Location: OH. IO | Southtxponygirl - 2019-09-30 10:22 PM
jake16 - 2019-09-30 9:10 PM
Would love to have an address to send a card and gift card to Asia.
I would love this too!! Been wanting to a send card to him just been waiting for a address and a gift card is a great ideal Mary for Asia 
Wouldn't it be great to give her a SPA DAY:) I have no idea where they are located,but with the amount of stress she's been through,I think she deserves it! |
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      Location: Arkansas | jake16 - 2019-09-30 9:32 PM
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jake16 - 2019-09-30 9:10 PM
Would love to have an address to send a card and gift card to Asia.
I would love this too!! Been wanting to a send card to him just been waiting for a address and a gift card is a great ideal Mary for Asia 
Wouldn't it be great to give her a SPA DAY:) I have no idea where they are located,but with the amount of stress she's been through,I think she deserves it!
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| Good morning. It's Tuesday, Oct. 1 and I found this new article about Ryan's transport to Texas from Afghanistan after he was injured so terribly. After reading this, it was even more clear to me that the immediate prayers from everyone who were told about this . . . were heard . . . thank you. And thank you Jesus. The fact he is still alive is a miracle. Click here for more detail to the story. 
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| Update...Oct. 3 from Asia, He had a great day!! Field trip too. He is completely off of antibiotics. His white count keeps going down. Red count stable. Kidneys and lungs good!! Working on side area still. Woundvac looks good still. They will have surgery in OR on Friday. Thats for the left side to heal up faster along with wound vac change. His pain level today was better then yesterday thank goodness. Not so many drugs yay. They are weaning him off more each day. He went to the CFI today to tour it and got his arm fitted for his right side. He loved it. He also got to see brooks for the firsr time!! Oh my he was so excited. He also saw his shirt his buddy got him he loved it!!! I talked to two councilors today. Proud to say one said I am one of the strongest women he has seen with his degree of wounds. Its all about respect. Being true to yourself and being your families #1 advocate.



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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | DaveM - 2019-10-03 12:04 PM Update...Oct. 3 from Asia, He had a great day!! Field trip too. He is completely off of antibiotics. His white count keeps going down. Red count stable. Kidneys and lungs good!! Working on side area still. Woundvac looks good still. They will have surgery in OR on Friday. Thats for the left side to heal up faster along with wound vac change. His pain level today was better then yesterday thank goodness. Not so many drugs yay. They are weaning him off more each day. He went to the CFI today to tour it and got his arm fitted for his right side. He loved it. He also got to see brooks for the firsr time!! Oh my he was so excited. He also saw his shirt his buddy got him he loved it!!! I talked to two councilors today. Proud to say one said I am one of the strongest women he has seen with his degree of wounds. Its all about respect. Being true to yourself and being your families #1 advocate.



This made me cry, I am so happy for this man and his family, looks like daddy is back!!!! Asia is a strong woman and she ROCKS BIG TIME!!!! 
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | DaveM - 2019-10-03 12:30 PM What an amazing journey. A dog is great therapy. . . When I saw Ryan and the dog together thats when the tears started, Thank you Dave for sharing with us and A Big Thank You To Asia for letting us follow this part of their life with them.. these two will forever be in MY Heart 
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | jake16 - 2019-10-11 6:36 PM
Is Ryan doing Ok? Praying for a good update soon.
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       Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/videos/550819198795331/ Our great president talking about our dear Ryan and other wounded soldiers and families who have lost their children/husbands/wives. At the 3:30 second mark he mentions Ryan by name. |
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Hoping for an update on Ryan really soon!
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| October 15 at 8:16 AM ·
Awesome update from Asia Ann!! Love this!! “Update.... Overall a really good weekend and a Monday. Loved we had Jennifer and Patrick here. They helped out a ton, thank you. Had fun going to dinner and haunted houses. Had a suprise vistor today for Ryan Paul. I love keeping suprises. Thank you so much for coming, the awesome card and toy for Knox man Steven Joseph Aria Herrin. Today was the first time he has been on his stomach in almost 2 months. Doing some supermans and stretches. He rocked it!! He will be going to the OR tomorrow. He has determination and focused to get walking. Talked to a top prosthetist today, he has done work with the guy here who works on Ryan. Made my day, we got this. May be living in florida when Ryan retires but hey I love florida ?? Thank you for all the prayers they're working. Love you all!!” |
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Gail - 2019-10-18 10:27 AM
October 15 at 8:16 AM ·
Awesome update from Asia Ann!! Love this!! “Update.... Overall a really good weekend and a Monday. Loved we had Jennifer and Patrick here. They helped out a ton, thank you. Had fun going to dinner and haunted houses. Had a suprise vistor today for Ryan Paul. I love keeping suprises. Thank you so much for coming, the awesome card and toy for Knox man Steven Joseph Aria Herrin. Today was the first time he has been on his stomach in almost 2 months. Doing some supermans and stretches. He rocked it!! He will be going to the OR tomorrow. He has determination and focused to get walking. Talked to a top prosthetist today, he has done work with the guy here who works on Ryan. Made my day, we got this. May be living in florida when Ryan retires but hey I love florida ?? Thank you for all the prayers they're working. Love you all!!”
Thank you for the updates Gail, I really like keeping up with how they are doing, Thanks again. Now I can follow them on FB.. |
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Gail - 2019-10-18 10:30 AM
Run for Ryan on FB is a great page to like and provides updates.
My son is getting ready to head back to Afghanistan and I am starting to get the pre deployment jitters. Usually my husband does the updates because he knows how nervous I am about our Special Op's deployments.
Wouldn't it be great if we could hold a "Run for Ryan" barrel race? Thoughts anyone?
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I dont FB either, so it is nice to have the updates here too every once in a while. My Husband made a FB account for stuff like this but never use it, but it is nice to beable to follow someone like Ryan and beable to look at other things when I get bored, lol.. But other wise I really could care less about this Facebooking stuff alot of drama, just not my thing.. I dont even know how to post on FB and dont want too.. BHW is my go to place, LOL..  |
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Run for Ryan on FB is a great page to like and provides updates.
My son is getting ready to head back to Afghanistan and I am starting to get the pre deployment jitters. Usually my husband does the updates because he knows how nervous I am about our Special Op's deployments.
Wouldn't it be great if we could hold a "Run for Ryan" barrel race? Thoughts anyone?
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| Update... This man right here has a will to live, a will to fight and a will to keep moving forward. The love he has for Knox and I is outstanding but that is a understatement. He has had 2 huge days..you'll see in pictures and videos. We got to finally lay in the same bed together too. Tomorrow he has OR. Prayers for it to go good. He continues to push on and to show the statistic wrong. These pictures and videos are not to be showed on tv or anything like that. Thanks. Thank you for loving us and praying for us. Please continue. |
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              Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Gail - 2019-10-22 8:52 AM
Update... This man right here has a will to live, a will to fight and a will to keep moving forward. The love he has for Knox and I is outstanding but that is a understatement. He has had 2 huge days..you'll see in pictures and videos. We got to finally lay in the same bed together too. Tomorrow he has OR. Prayers for it to go good. He continues to push on and to show the statistic wrong. These pictures and videos are not to be showed on tv or anything like that. Thanks. Thank you for loving us and praying for us. Please continue.
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Update...ryan had a good OR the other day. Getting closer to fully healing the big wound. Once the big wound is healed we are one step closer to getting out of hospital, over to CFI, back to Savannah for a few-few years and then to Florida!! Life falls into place the way its suppose to be. God is good and only does what he is suppose to. He had a great morning this morning with my family and pt...huge step, mirror image. He did amazing, didnt think he would do anything different but still huge. Dont you worry babe, I am here and will be here through this journey. When i supported you enlisting I supported you through this. You're no different then you were August 1st. Our new normal will be nothing but amazing. To the ones who want to call it handicap shame on you. We call it our new normal. We will continue our life as is, so dont try and manipulate us. Thank you to my parents for being there from day 1. Thanks for the supprt and loving us for us. We love you. Thank you to all who pray and love us too!!.please continue to so. While praying tonight say a prayer for Knox man he has the crud/croup. He can fight this cause he is our kid. You got this knox man we will see you soon. Love you! |
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| My son in law visted Ryan in San Antonio on Sunday and Monday. Ryan is very motivated and works hard at PT. He said he wished he had the same motivation when he had all his limbs. Every prayer has been appreicated and Ryan has received over 100K letters from strangers! It will be a very long and difficult road for Ryan. Thank you friends at BHW for your continued support. |
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      Location: Arkansas | Gail - 2019-11-05 10:39 AM
My son in law visted Ryan in San Antonio on Sunday and Monday.
Ryan is very motivated and works hard at PT. He said he wished he had the same motivation when he had all his limbs. Every prayer has been appreicated and Ryan has received over 100K letters from strangers! It will be a very long and difficult road for Ryan. Thank you friends at BHW for your continued support.
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