if you guys remember, the husband (ex) is a crippled wanna be biker, drives a little old Sportster with a trolley (training wheels). he has bad hips, knees, and heart, has fallen a few times in the past 3 years and in and out of hospitals and inpatient rehab. he gets around on the bike, uses a walker the doctors want him to throw away and use a cane. while we were at the monthly pot luck meeting, he set fire to an old $.99 flag. his pants are always covered in grease and oil because that's how 'real bikers' dress. using a jar of gasoline he somehow set himself on fire. he somehow tore his pants off. instead of calling 911 and yelling for his BIL across the street he crawled through the yard into the house, took a shower and called me several times before I saw the missed calls, about an hour or two went by. I got ahold of him, the lady drove over to check on him, took him to the ER who transferred him to the burn unit in Gainesville. his daughter is with him, she's his health care proxy. talking to her a bit ago it doesn't look good. the poor circulation in his right leg is going to make skin grafts almost impossible and ganggreen may set in and the leg may need to be amputated. because of his bad heart, they don't think he'll make it through surgery. I suggested transferring him to the VA hospital, they have a great burn unit in San Antonio Texas, regardless of the bad rap the VA has, they also have a long term nursing home. the lady and him have very limited finances and the med bills may cause them to lose the new house, let alone his life.
as I said, he's a dumbass but doesn't deserve this. it's going to be a rough ride for everyone.
