Mike Sudduth & Family Medical Fund
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About Michael:
Michael Sudduth , now, 57 yrs old, was born in Tupelo Mississippi and raised in Westbrook, Maine. Calling him a "family man" would be an understatement, as he and wife of 31 yrs, Sue (formerly Sue Ames) have raised four amazing children and have been blessed with four very special grandchildren, too. Michael, a former, ten year employee of Oakhurst Milk has most recently been employed as a bus driver for Custom Coach, until his health complications brought that to an end on June 29th of this year. Michael is an avid hockey fan who spent much time with both his biological family and his hockey family cheering on his favorite team, the Portland Pirates and loved to take long rides with his wife Sue on their Harley. Unfortunately, as a result of a medical condition first diagnosed when he was 18 yrs old, he has never qualified for life insurance.
The Diagnosis:
As a young man of 18 years, Michael was diagnosed as with a hereditary disease called Familial Adenomatous Polyposis,. FAP causes polyps to grow in the colon and the small and large intestines and and then spreads throughout the GI tract.
At the age of 41, Michael had to have an, Ilaeostomy ( a surgical operation in which a piece of the ileum is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall in order to bypass the colon and rectum from passing waste) and has had to have ERCP's (An ERCP is a procedure that enables a physician to examine the pancreatic and bile ducts for polyps) every year since then to remove the polyps that continue to form. Eventually, over time and after so many polyp removal surgeries, chronic Pancreatitis reared it's ugly head. The polyps, which began to rapidly multiply, meant that ERCP's were now necessary every six months, instead of once a year.
On June 30th of this year, one day after his last day driving for Custom Coach and Limousine, during a routine ERCP, doctors discovered that one of the polyps in his duodenum had become a malignant tumor that spread into a lymphnode and matastisized into his liver. At this juncture, Michael was no longer able to workOn August 5th, doctors performed a surgery called a resection... to remove the tumor and lymphnodem. Unfortunately complications from this surgery meant he had to be placed on a feeding tube, as he was stricken from extreme, unrelenting nausea and could no longer intake anything by mouth and keep it down. After three weeks he was discharged from the hospital.
Having been home for just a few days, Michael became extremely dehydrated and had to be re-admitted to the hospital for another week to have IV fluids and a special procedure to dialate his duodenum. After being released and home for just four days, he once again became extremely dehydrated and returned to the hospital yet again for more fluids and another duodenum dilation. This cycle was repeated several times, before they replaced his nasal feeding tube with a PEG tube (PEG stands for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, a procedure in which a flexible feeding tube is placed through the abdominal wall and into the stomach. PEG allows nutrition, fluids and/or medications to be put directly into the stomach, bypassing the mouth and esophagus). At this point, Michael, began to rapidly lose weight. Having weighed a healthy 237 lbs at the beginning of August, he quicly shed nearly 50lbs in only a months time due to his inability to drink or eat orally or hold anything down. To make matters wors,e treating the cancer is so complicated because Michael has also been diagnosed with stage 4 Kidney disease and as a result, it must be treated in a manner that is safe for his Kidneys.
In the midst of this medical mayhem, Michael's mother and father in law, Arthur and Rita Ames, of Standish Maine, both Octogenarians, and having just celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary, were involved in a fatal car crash on Aug 20th 2016, in which Arthur lost his life and Rita was hospitalized for many weeks, in critical condition.
Today, Michael is going home from the hospital....likely for the last time. Just days ago, Michael and Sue and their family have been given the heartbreaking and unbearable news that his struggle is coming to an end.... His Kidney's have gone into acute failure, and he has very little time left with his family, doctor's say, before he is brought home to rest in his father, our Lord''s loving arms.
The Need:
There just aren't words to express the heartache and devastation the Sudduth family is experiencing. They have a long hard road ahead and they desperately need your love and support in their unimangineable time of need. Sue has been by her husbands side throught this journey... also unable to work. On top of the emotional upheaval, the financial burden has been great and is still growing. The household bills are piling up, the medical bills are steadily rolling in. and there are home health care, expenses and ultimately, funeral expenses to consider as well. Michael and his family will need the assistance of the National Hospice and Palliative Care organization to help with at home medical care, pain management, and emotional /spiritual support so that he may live his last days with dignity, not pain.
Please, if the spirit moves you, help ease this family ease their financial burden by making a donation of any size. Any amount you can contribute is needed and will be greatly appreciated. You're love, support, thoughts, and prayers would also mean the world.
Michael Sudduth , now, 57 yrs old, was born in Tupelo Mississippi and raised in Westbrook, Maine. Calling him a "family man" would be an understatement, as he and wife of 31 yrs, Sue (formerly Sue Ames) have raised four amazing children and have been blessed with four very special grandchildren, too. Michael, a former, ten year employee of Oakhurst Milk has most recently been employed as a bus driver for Custom Coach, until his health complications brought that to an end on June 29th of this year. Michael is an avid hockey fan who spent much time with both his biological family and his hockey family cheering on his favorite team, the Portland Pirates and loved to take long rides with his wife Sue on their Harley. Unfortunately, as a result of a medical condition first diagnosed when he was 18 yrs old, he has never qualified for life insurance.
The Diagnosis:
As a young man of 18 years, Michael was diagnosed as with a hereditary disease called Familial Adenomatous Polyposis,. FAP causes polyps to grow in the colon and the small and large intestines and and then spreads throughout the GI tract.
At the age of 41, Michael had to have an, Ilaeostomy ( a surgical operation in which a piece of the ileum is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall in order to bypass the colon and rectum from passing waste) and has had to have ERCP's (An ERCP is a procedure that enables a physician to examine the pancreatic and bile ducts for polyps) every year since then to remove the polyps that continue to form. Eventually, over time and after so many polyp removal surgeries, chronic Pancreatitis reared it's ugly head. The polyps, which began to rapidly multiply, meant that ERCP's were now necessary every six months, instead of once a year.
On June 30th of this year, one day after his last day driving for Custom Coach and Limousine, during a routine ERCP, doctors discovered that one of the polyps in his duodenum had become a malignant tumor that spread into a lymphnode and matastisized into his liver. At this juncture, Michael was no longer able to workOn August 5th, doctors performed a surgery called a resection... to remove the tumor and lymphnodem. Unfortunately complications from this surgery meant he had to be placed on a feeding tube, as he was stricken from extreme, unrelenting nausea and could no longer intake anything by mouth and keep it down. After three weeks he was discharged from the hospital.
Having been home for just a few days, Michael became extremely dehydrated and had to be re-admitted to the hospital for another week to have IV fluids and a special procedure to dialate his duodenum. After being released and home for just four days, he once again became extremely dehydrated and returned to the hospital yet again for more fluids and another duodenum dilation. This cycle was repeated several times, before they replaced his nasal feeding tube with a PEG tube (PEG stands for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, a procedure in which a flexible feeding tube is placed through the abdominal wall and into the stomach. PEG allows nutrition, fluids and/or medications to be put directly into the stomach, bypassing the mouth and esophagus). At this point, Michael, began to rapidly lose weight. Having weighed a healthy 237 lbs at the beginning of August, he quicly shed nearly 50lbs in only a months time due to his inability to drink or eat orally or hold anything down. To make matters wors,e treating the cancer is so complicated because Michael has also been diagnosed with stage 4 Kidney disease and as a result, it must be treated in a manner that is safe for his Kidneys.
In the midst of this medical mayhem, Michael's mother and father in law, Arthur and Rita Ames, of Standish Maine, both Octogenarians, and having just celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary, were involved in a fatal car crash on Aug 20th 2016, in which Arthur lost his life and Rita was hospitalized for many weeks, in critical condition.
Today, Michael is going home from the hospital....likely for the last time. Just days ago, Michael and Sue and their family have been given the heartbreaking and unbearable news that his struggle is coming to an end.... His Kidney's have gone into acute failure, and he has very little time left with his family, doctor's say, before he is brought home to rest in his father, our Lord''s loving arms.
The Need:
There just aren't words to express the heartache and devastation the Sudduth family is experiencing. They have a long hard road ahead and they desperately need your love and support in their unimangineable time of need. Sue has been by her husbands side throught this journey... also unable to work. On top of the emotional upheaval, the financial burden has been great and is still growing. The household bills are piling up, the medical bills are steadily rolling in. and there are home health care, expenses and ultimately, funeral expenses to consider as well. Michael and his family will need the assistance of the National Hospice and Palliative Care organization to help with at home medical care, pain management, and emotional /spiritual support so that he may live his last days with dignity, not pain.
Please, if the spirit moves you, help ease this family ease their financial burden by making a donation of any size. Any amount you can contribute is needed and will be greatly appreciated. You're love, support, thoughts, and prayers would also mean the world.
Organiser and beneficiary
Kirste Simmons
Organiser
Standish, ME
Susan Sudduth
Beneficiary