Family Update

Thank you guys for the love, support and prayers!
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[@danara1791]

My God …. Can’t even imagine how difficult this has been for Gage and also yourselves as parents , I commend you’ll on your strength and determination 🙏🏼 I keep praying for you all

[@hills8317]

I am 21 years old and had recurrent Cdiff 15 with many complications. I 100% understand how mentally taxing it is being in the hospital that much. Glad he is doing better and prayers for him. He’s got this. Far stronger than I could ever be

[@GearKnowHow]

The surgeon stepping in to pray with you guys brought tears to my eyes. You got this Gage!! We're praying for you all!

[@robertdole5391]

Gage is an awesome strong young man.

[@matthewellisor5835]

Very exciting to hear that you're back home. Thanks for keeping us updated. We're still praying with you. And dang is that young man tough!

[@SkinnyMedic]

Thank you!

[@AmandaMeatFoot]

I have been wondering how Gage was doing. I’m so glad he is home. As someone with medical issues, it breaks my heart to see someone so young go through this. I have been and will continue to send prayers. God is great! Ps… having watched your videos with my dad, we knew exactly what to do when I was bleeding out last June. You saved my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please know you and your family make such an impact.

[@SkinnyMedic]

Oh wow … thank you! I am glad you are ok!

[@Sdukes001]

Awesome wall there behind you. Nothing but the best to you and your family.

[@TheJu2ber]

The strength and composure you are showing during these trying times is amazing and will make your family bond stronger. God will pull you through this. Praying for Gage. 🙏

[@bigsean8088]

Thank you for update. Earlier today realized it had been awhile since last update. Will keep sending prayers. Stay strong Big man.

[@milesrost6674]

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke Jan 9th 1795 in a letter to William Smith regarding TYRANNY. Thank you all, stay vigilant, Semper Supra! - Godspeed

[@JRLS]

You got this Gage! In our daily prayers! - Psalm 6:2, NIV: Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint; heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.

[@JustinVK]

It’s encouraging for myself and others to see your faith in God through this. May God bless you and Gage.

[@cavtroopermunoz]

Thank you for the update. Keeping y'all in our prayers.

[@ronaldrobertson2332]

I can feel the pain and hardship you two have been through, having dealt with the kidney disease and heart disease my wife endured for over ten years before she passed almost three years ago. I hope and pray for complete healing for Gage. No youngster should have to go through this. God bless you all.

[@barrywmurphy2]

All I see is Gage happy and healthy and playing, laughing and filled with love and light. You all are an inspiration! Keep going….❤❤❤

[@dgax65]

That's a big load for a 15 year old kid to carry. It's a good thing he's got the love and support to help him get through this trial. I'm glad to hear he's is doing better. You have our prayers and best wishes for Gage to recover and be able to enjoy his youth.

[@Soli_Deo_Gloria_.]

Incredible loving and caring parents... and an absolutely amazing young man... God bless you Gage and family

[@phil7574]

I am continuing to pray for Gage and his recovery! Infections after surgery are no joke. The big ones we deal with in ICU are VRE, Streptococcus group A(Necrotizing fasciitis), Clostridium difficile, MRSA/VRSA, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

[@blacktberd08]

You’ve got this Gage. Glad the remicade is working I started it on it then had a major reaction to it also was on humira till it stopped giving me the results they wanted I’m now on Stelara. I will be praying for Gage. I’ve had Crohn’s for 30+ yrs with numerous surgeries the last major one was in 2005 when they did the J pouch. I’ll have my family and church pray. I’ve dealt with this since I was 11 so fully understand what you are going through meds never really work for me fully I get some relief from them but never full remission.

[@ryancarlson1041]

Years ago and in another state from where you guys live our son spent his 2nd birthday in the ICU and the nurses decorated the outside of his room. The front of his room was all glass with curtains for privacy. When we opened the curtains in the morning he saw it. I pray your son recovers quickly now. Pediatric nurses are the best.

[@2afreedom1776]

Continue to pray for Gage, Mom, Dad and family. Thanks for the update!

[@PRiver-sv2mc]

Hi from PA - Been wondering how Gage was coping. He's quite the man for getting through all of this. You are a tremendous family, strong in your faith and high on discernment. Always remember that you have a boatload of "Country Cousins" out here, pulling for all and praying hard.

[@SuperUncleRyan]

God bless you guys. Stay strong and we'll keep praying.

[@SkinnyMedic]

Thank you!

[@Weebbs]

Your whole family is amazing. Thankful that Gage is doing better.

[@christopherbinkley2243]

Continued prayers for Gage's healing and y'all's strength during this trying time. As a parent I empathize with you both and appreciate your dedication to making difficult educated decisions. Thank you both for taking time to share this update.

[@Fobes]

Praise God for some good progress! I’ll pray for continued healing.

[@1fromtheroad]

The power of God is on your side. Stay strong. Glad you are home again. Rock on !🇺🇸

[@jokeal3613]

I am glad he recovered. So many complications. God was all over that situation.

[@FLHamExtra]

I’m so glad things are finally going positively. Gage is obviously a strong young man. You all deserve God’s blessing and support. I’ve been praying earnestly for Gage during this time. Thanks for the update.

[@voodookitchenmama]

Prayers for continued recovery. I'm so happy Gage is doing better.

[@johngoold1218]

God bless you all. We went through several surgeries with our ten year old over the space of two months but nothing like this. Appreciate the update and always praying for your family.

[@pehenryjr]

Keep the Faith God bless!

[@TripleAAA53]

GOD BLESS your Family !!

[@reddirtwalker8041]

So happy to hear that things are finally looking up for Gage and you guys.

[@iguanazilla]

Im sorry guys, one hit after another! That is heartbreaking for you all. Prayers for continued health and healing.

[@Croak1]

God bless you all. And it seems he has blessed you with each other.

[@2heavyb517]

your family has been in my heart and prayers

[@mrmrwebb]

I haven't watched your channel for awhile. Just popped in my head tonight to check you out. No way that wasn't a God thing. You will all be in my prayers for complete healing. God bless you all.

[@seanconlin8712]

Skinny and Mrs. Skinny you guys are rocks. With everything that you and Gage have been through and then doing a video to tell everyone how everything is going and not fall apart I applaud you. I'm glad to hear that Gage is doing better and that he is home and in his own bed. As a sub I don't mind not seeing videos when you have a family member (especially a child family member) having a medical issue. You need to focus on the on Gage. I will keep your family in my prayers and thoughts.

[@SkinnyMedic]

Thank you!

[@michaelborrello9944]

Prayers going out from Heroes Next Door to you and your family. Stay strong God is Good

[@MichaelR58]

🙏 prayers continued for Gage , thanks for sharing , God bless ! #yougotthisgage

[@rippy4freedom]

Bless you All ! Much Love

[@KaylynnStrain]

Gage you keep fighting !!!!! heal up soon young man

[@MaverickFischer]

I'm so sorry y'all went through all that! I can't even imagine dealing with that whole ordeal for so long! But I'm so happy your son is finally doing well! Also, the Mrs. did such a great job explaining everything! Take care!

[@doofhund3526]

Glad to hear gage is improving. It always feels good to be home. I know it's a life changing event, but in the long term it's for the best. You got this Gage!

[@thickwristmcfist3399]

Thanks so much for the update! So much has happened... Gage, you got this!!

[@14DFASniper]

Hang in there Gage. Just focus on getting better one minute at a time.

[@HOMETHEATERBOY]

🙏 for Gage praying The Lord holds and comfort you guys. Keep your eyes on Jesus stay, in the word of God.

[@josephmartin1540]

🙏 Thank Abba you are home!

[@josephleary7086]

God bless you all. May His Holy Spirit be over you and heal you all. Praying for you all.

[@n111254789]

Best wishes for the future to all of you, I've had those drains in when I was a kid after a surgery went wrong they are not fun. Sounds like you got a very very tough young man made by some very tough parents at that. It looks like the situation is improving rapidly and you're all on the down hill slope. I am very glad to hear it, I came here just to check out how to stage a cat 7 tourniquet and ended up watching these. I'm just in my mid 20's I don't have a kid so I can't understand a parent's perspective but I know I could barely handle 22 minutes without skipping back and forth let alone the months yall have been just at this especially having to make all these decisions the stress had to be crippling. Be sure and look after yourselves as well all of you been through more than some could imagine. Once again best wishes to you and your family and thank you so much for the educational content and the kits you provide. I'll be recommending your kits to my riding group hopefully some donations as well yall definitely could use it.

[@ferebeefamily]

Prayers for you all.

[@kevinrichards8119]

Best wishes from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@mhouston75mh]

Love you guys. Thank you so much for sharing your story

[@mohawksniper79]

Glad things are doing better in your lives 👍🏼🤠🇨🇦

[@kycalm]

So glad you are are all able to be home. I understand Gage has a tremendous amount of healing ahead but i feel that your whole family has a heavy heavy load placed upon it. If possible, do a date night every so often and spend some one on one time with your daughter. When all the focus is on the welfare of one child (as it absolutely had to be) the imbalance is felt by others. I have you all covered with prayers. Blessings.

[@cocasal001]

My the Lord bless your family.

[@rlcarbo]

Praying for you guys.

[@GTMGunTotinMinnesotan]

I pray the Lord continues to give you strength and protects your marriage during all this.

[@nicolew.3365]

I was so hopeful that the Remicade would be good for Gage. Saddened that his condition didn’t respond to it. However, I’m optimistic that he will have an excellent quality of life with the procedure he had and the continued care he will get.

[@prospero6337]

🌟...you three are my heroes today. ✅ 🙏

[@seth0512]

Sending prayers.

[@papabear2965]

Will be praying for your son. I remembered seeing a video by Jordan Rubin about his battle with crohn's and colitis and how he ultimately was cured of it. It's on the Dr. Josh Axe youtube channel.

[@paraprepper5169]

I am keeping y'all in🙏.

[@lando8913]

Sorry I'm not great at sending hopeful/helpful messages but I felt compelled to say something. I sort of just randomly stumbled across your channel and watched all the updates from around this time so I don't know the whole story, but I'm so sorry all of you had to go through this. I'm in awe of how well Gage appeared to be handling all of this in the little bit he appeared in videos. What a strong kid! He was blessed with some of the best parents possible for going through this though. I don't know how things are going now but I hope you are doing well. I'll pray for you guys. Did you say his colon ripped while they were removing it? That alone really brings some context to how awful he must have felt. What a crappy disease (yes, pun intended 👍).

[@AO-mh9xu]

Hi guys, Hope Gage is doing ok. So sorry he had to go all of this. I got diagnosed with UC at the age of 16. Ten years later and continues inflammation that was only treatable with prednisolon, I made the conscious decision to have my whole large bowl and rectum removed, bottom stitched up. I decided against a J-pouch and wanted a permanent ileostomy. I was done with the toilet. I'm so happy with my decision. I wish I had done it earlier. A few years later I was able to get pregnant and delivery naturally. No medication necessary since surgery. I hope Gage learned to deal with his bag and he can enjoy life now. People often say "but you're too young for an ostomy!" I always reply "that's true, but I'm also too young for incontinence and nappies" Make sure you order samples from all the companies, so Gage can figure out what works best for him. Don't waste too much time trying to make one companies bag or barrier ring work. Trail the next one. Something will work 😊 I can highly recommend the Coloplast sensura system. Their closure is very easy to clean. Easier than all those flimsy plastic ones. Best wishes from Australia ❤

[@kevinyoung9557]

Awesome news 👏

[@-Cece]

Praise to the Father for guidance and healing. 🙏 Sending continued love and support ♥️. You got this Gage!

[@islandhopper753]

Sending prayers. May I recommend a holistic approach ( perhaps you can work on building Gage's gut flora). Look up Seed probiotics. Allopathic medical does not study nutrition (can't make money off of things that cannot be patented).

[@COMB0RICO]

God bless you.

[@GrovelandJohn]

My mother had UC and has had an ileostomy for forty years now and she's still kickin

[@Kiyoti]

First name in my prayers morning and night is GAGE...!!!

[@SkinnyMedic]

Thank you!

[@rung1915]

Hard to see this and even honestly hard to type the words because there are no words to describe what you guys have been through 😢

[@jiujitsuforall8627]

May the Good Lord bless and keep you all and Gage! We will be praying for y'all on this journey and send our love through these challenging times.

[@Sgt2881]

Home will help everyone, still praying for y’all! Jer. 1:5

[@Bugkiller991]

I Goggled MaMa Bear, and saw a picture of Candice. 🐻

[@jang6591]

Thank you for the update! You guys rock.

[@LightraiderSC]

🙏

[@shojus]

❤️🙏❤️

[@sinclairpages]

OK. I told him before he needed to eat more dirt. Now that he is home he needs to add worms to his diet. I know all that works because the frogs and birds in the yard are healthy. Way to go Gage.

[@ils090270]

Hospital dietary usually offers dysphagia menus on 3 levels. Why wasn't their dietary on point?

[@DocLarsen44]

Praying for Gage in the name of ✝Jesus Christ/Yeshua Ha Mashiach✝ 🙏🏾✝

[@jeannebrinkman8889]

❤🙏🏻❤️

[@danam.8709]

Straight up transfusions or pack cells ?

[@SkinnyMedic]

Pack red blood 🩸

[@hardtrooth1776]

The Lord's sweet Amazing Grace saved Gage. He's got some work to do before f the Lord's

[@hardtrooth1776]

I couldn't hardly click the last message in with all the tears of joy in my eyes and accidentally hit send before I could correctly click the message I wanted to send so here it is Gage you still have a great Job to do here before the GOOD LORD is ready for you with JESUS NAME AMEN.!!!

[@markgoggin2014]

“Christian med share” is not a replacement for actual insurance

[@HLLPanzerShrek]

I’m glad Gage is doing better. UC sucks

[@rajr1032]

Why did YT bring me this armory ??

[@paraprepper5169]

😨😰😢😭😭😭😭😭😭. 🙏🙏🙏

[@arank8139]

Do you guys have an onlyfans?

[@SkinnyMedic]

No

[@serenityplantation7638]

❤❤. Don’t forget crab legs too. 😂. Gage is one of the strongest kids I’ve met. Glad he’s home and getting to sleep in his own bed again.