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Hey all, I'm sure at least some of you know Paul Fitzpatrick from up at the track (AM #633, normally garages in North Garage #22 I think). Shortly after thanksgiving he went to the hospital with what they thought was gall stones, and eventually after some tests they diagnosed him with liver failure among many other complications. He's been in Mass General since then. They can't figure out why his liver failed, and has something like 11 specialists working full time on his case to try and figure it out. The way he explained it was basically being on the shitty end of an episode of House. Medically he isn't doing great, but his spirits are pretty high considering. They're hoping to let him go home for a day or two for Xmas but it depends on his ability to fight off and prevent infection. At 36, for someone who practically never drinks, never smokes, eats healthy, etc its completely out of the blue.
For those of you who don't know Paul, he's one of the most genuinely nice people I've ever met. When I pitched my bike over the hill in T8 back in 2007 he convinced me we could get the bike back together and ready to race the next day and stayed up with me until 3am working on it. When I woke up at 6am to finish it he was already back to work on my bike, and we did manage to get it ready to race.
I strongly encourage anyone that knows him, crossed paths with him, etc to give him a call, shoot him a note on facebook, or set some time aside to go visit him. It makes a huge difference for someone spending so much time stuck in a crappy hospital room.
If you'd like info on his room/contact info PM me.