Your never prepared to get that call, but late last night a good friend called me and told me our mutual friend and client had an appendectomy Saturday night.
From what we know, he had an allergic reaction to the anesthetic and went into cardic arrest in recovery. When they finally stabilized him, his brain had gone 8-10 minutes without oxygen and was in a coma. With no brain activity, the doc's took him off life support earlier today. He left behind a wife and 11 y/o son.
A super good guy, always laughing and joking, made time for everyone, and was honest and ethical in a business full of scumbags.
I'm so sad and stunned right now....
I'll miss you Gil.
Results 1 to 14 of 14
Thread: Lost a Friend Today
-
05-27-2008, 04:02 PM #1
All day long
- Join Date
- Oct 2005
- Location
- Up the Canyon
- Posts
- 1,876
Lost a Friend Today
Bush got C's.... Obama probably failed lunch
-
05-27-2008, 04:06 PM #2
Good-lookin' wool
- Join Date
- Oct 2005
- Posts
- 11,811
You never think something as random and tragic as this will befall you or yours. So sorry to hear that Stone-Free. Carry on his jovial spirit the best you can.
-
05-27-2008, 04:17 PM #3
Future ski-bum lifty
- Join Date
- Dec 2006
- Location
- A beer fortress in the kingdom of cheese...
- Posts
- 3,742
++++++VIBES++++++
(Life is shit sometimes.)If some of the best times of my life were skiing the UP in -40 wind chill with nothing but jeans, cotton long johns and a wine flask to keep warm while sleeping in the back of my dad's van... does that make me old school?
"REHAB SAVAGE, REHAB!!!"
-
05-27-2008, 04:21 PM #4
animal noise
- Join Date
- Dec 2002
- Location
- Uptown
- Posts
- 6,213
Damn. So sorry to hear that.
Living vicariously through myself.
-
05-27-2008, 04:21 PM #5
thisisyourbrainonSONAR
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Location
- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
- Posts
- 6,584
That's the sort of thing that makes you really appreciate every day, no matter how shitty it might seem to be. At least we're still breathing. Live every day to the fullest!
+++++++Putting the "core" in corporate, one turn at a time.
Metalmücil 2010 - 2013 "Go Home" album is now a free download
The Bonin Petrels
-
05-27-2008, 04:38 PM #6
Carpe Skiem
- Join Date
- Oct 2004
- Location
- Colyrady
- Posts
- 3,780
Sorry man.
So fleeting this life, so fleeting.
-
05-27-2008, 04:42 PM #7
LEGEN..wait for it...DARY
- Join Date
- Oct 2005
- Location
- coloRADo
- Posts
- 2,116
It blows my mind how people still die from seemingly innocuous operations. It's something that could happen to anybody - appendicitis, appendectomy, reaction to anesthetic, death. Not blaming anyone, I'm sure the doctors and surgeons did their best, but it's just amazing how such seemingly 'low-key' interventions can end in someone's death. We still know soooo little about life.
Sorry for your loss
-
05-27-2008, 04:49 PM #8
Media Whore
- Join Date
- Nov 2003
- Location
- Stuck in perpetual Meh
- Posts
- 35,244
Oh man. So sorry for your loss.
-
05-27-2008, 06:41 PM #9
All day long
- Join Date
- Oct 2005
- Location
- Up the Canyon
- Posts
- 1,876
I guess if there is an upside, he was an organ donor and they harvested everything they could. Maybe another life can go on, when his could not.
Thanks for all the kind words mags. This place does make a difference...Bush got C's.... Obama probably failed lunch
-
05-27-2008, 06:50 PM #10
Stuck here for now
- Join Date
- Jun 2007
- Location
- Brooklyn
- Posts
- 434
++++ vibes and so sorry for your loss.
-
05-27-2008, 07:05 PM #11
...enhances gameplay
- Join Date
- Mar 2005
- Posts
- 4,717
Sorry to hear. Condolences to all his friends and family.
"Active management in bear markets tends to outperform. Unfortunately, investors are not as elated with relative returns when they are negative. But it does support the argument that active management adds value." -- independent fund analyst Peter Loach
-
05-27-2008, 08:20 PM #12
Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2006
- Location
- canada
- Posts
- 2,058
scary...
-
05-27-2008, 08:28 PM #13
Funky But Chic
- Join Date
- Sep 2001
- Location
- The Cone of Uncertainty
- Posts
- 49,304
sorry to hear that, man.
I almost lost my brother to an anesthetic problem when he had his appendix out, I guess the moral of the story is keep your guard up, anything can happen.
-
05-28-2008, 10:05 AM #14
defines PSIA level 11
- Join Date
- Nov 2005
- Location
- Redwood City and Alpine Meadows, CA
- Posts
- 8,276
Words fail, but vibes.
not counting days 2016-17
Reply With QuoteSimilar Threads
-
Lost a skin in white pine today 4-5-08
By SloppySeconds in forum General Ski / Snowboard DiscussionReplies: 1Last Post: 04-06-2008, 04:58 PM -
I Sent My Best Friend On A Journey Today
By skifishbum in forum General Ski / Snowboard DiscussionReplies: 12Last Post: 12-27-2005, 10:36 AM -
Tahoe: 2-3' at lake level today
By huckasoreass in forum General Ski / Snowboard DiscussionReplies: 23Last Post: 05-19-2005, 06:07 PM -
BAKER- Twas Muy Bueno Today! (And More Snow and Extended Spring Ops, too!)
By Squirrel99 in forum General Ski / Snowboard DiscussionReplies: 6Last Post: 03-30-2005, 09:15 AM -
Near Lost Lakes, June 11, 2004
By Vets in forum TGR Forum ArchivesReplies: 3Last Post: 06-12-2004, 09:13 AM
Bookmarks