I'm sorry to report, my good friend Phil Bargman suffered a rather severe heart attack last night about 6:00 P.M. . Phil is an OKC fire fighter and he had just returned from a house fire when he felt dizzy and fainted at the fire house. As it was told to me, his co-workers worked on him for 30 minutes until he was medi-flighted to Baptist, he is currently in the ICU and has had a real hard night. If you know Phil then you know he is forever fan of wheelin and always helpful to us younger generation. Please keep him in your thoughts, he's a tough SOB and I look for him to come out on top.

Heath

My thoughts and prayers are with Phil and his family.

My prayers go out to Phil for a speedy recovery. Hope he gets well soon, back to wheelin and saving lives.

Shawn

My prayers and thoughts are with Phil! I have been around the Trailchaser group most of my life, not in the club, but around, and Phil has been a life long supporter of Oklahoma wheelin.

Keep fighting Phil! We all hope to see you back at Green Acres soon!

Keep us updated Heath, you seem to be closer to Phil than most anyone on the Pirate board.

Phil is a great wheeler and even better person......I've just gotten to know him personally in the last year or two. We all hope he makes a full recovery soon. Dont want those new coilovers on his rig getting rusty.

I don't know him but my prays are with him. I hope he pulls through.

Thoughts and prayers are with Phil, Great guy...

I will keep Phil in our prayers also. I know Phil and he is as tough as you say so I believe he will pull thru this. Hang in there Phil.

get well Phil, we're all pulling for ya!

Redruuster, Please keep us informed on Phil. Will check this thred everyday and hope to hear he is on the road to recovery. Thanks

my prayers are with him.

your in my prayers man .... sounds like one heck of a guy that will do what it takes to help others .

I can't think of a better man. Love wheeling with him. We're all pullin for ya, I'll say a special prayer for you tonight.

Here's a copy of an e-mail from Trailchaser member Christine Foster, looks like he's starting to make some progress from a rather grim outlook.

Hello Friends,
Good news about Phil. He is improving. I went and talked to Sharon at the hospital today. Phil is still in ICU and not having visitors. However, his blood pressure is going up, it was low. The stints in his legs to his heart are removed. The balloon pump to his heart is removed. He still has the breathing tube, but is alert and can write notes to Sharon. He keeps asking for food and a Coke. He doesn't remember what happened and is concerned he collapsed in a fire, leaving his fellow fireman in jeopardy. However, he was at the station after a fire when the heart attack happened. Sharon says breathing tube will be in several more days, while the heart heals. At some point he will be moved to a regular room, but it will be awhile.
The fireman are keeping a 24 hr vigil. Two at a time stay and then two more come and releave them, 24 hrs!
Let's continue our prayers! They work.
Christine

Thank you Heath for keeping the Pirate board updated. He seems to be in good spirits from that report.

The firefighter brotherhood is amazing! Those guys should always be remembered and a prayer should be said for them.

Sorry to hear about Phil... We are glad he is doing better.

Keep us posted.

Todd and the Woodward gang.

This was an email I got from David Austin:


Got this report from Tom and Jan Malone this morning....

Hello to everyone,

You won't believe this. Tom just called me from the hospital and he just finished talking to Sharon and his fireman friends. Phil is no longer on the respirator, he is sitting up in bed, he is eating food(real food not liquid diet) and drinking coke. Sharon says he is laughing and joking around. Tom heard the word "miracle" from the firemen more than once. They were with him when he had his heart attack. They were also using the work amazing. He will be in a room of his own in a day or two. Of course, his life will still have to change, but right now were are all so happy at his fast recovery. He still has a way to go, but this is so encouraging. He is very sore and we are sure his is on some pain meds. He is sore in his chest where they had to shock him and beat on him and also in his legs where they had to go up through an artery to the heart. But all in all he is doing great. Keep on praying for him. He has a long way to go. They will begin taking tests now to see the damage on the heart. Then they will have to go in and fix whatever damage they find. Now that he is feeling better, they will have to really try to keep him down. I will keep you up to date when I hear news.

Later,
Jan


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great news! he will be back on the trail in no time :smokin:

I was able to visit with Phil in the hospital yesterday afternoon. He is out of ICU and in a private room. He was sitting in a chair eating ice cream while we visited. Just needs some time to heal.

Finally got to visit Phil this evening and he is doing damn well for someone that was shocked 16 times with debrillator and died several times less than a week ago. He was bragging that he was able to get his first shower since he showed up to the hospital. He's in alot of pain from the chest compressions that kept him alive for awhile, in fact hiccups looked especially painful. Anyhow I'm now happy to report my good friend Phil is alive and on his way to being well.:D

Awesome news!

I have only talked to him a few times at the Trailchasers meetings, but he seems to be a very cool guy. I heard the bad news while wheeling at Katemcy, and am glad to hear all is getting better, I hope to see him on the trails soon so I can get a ride in his sweet rig.

Man that is great news!! I am sure glad to hear he his doing better. Hang in there Phil and get well soon!

you can't keep the good ones down. Great news. Glad you're feeling better, Phil.

Awesome....:)

Good news Heath. I just heard about Phil this weekend. Thanks for the updates and my thoughts and prayers are with him. He is a great guy and a huge inspiration to me and a bunch of us younger, younger generation guys.

This is the latest e-mail I have received about Phil, Looks like he is a tough SOB just as I figured. Less than two weeks ago he was somewhat dead now he's pissed he wasn't able to mow his yard last week. Thanks for everyones thoughts and prayers. I'm sure I'll be pullin his winch line again soon.

Heath
AKA Redruuster


You will never believe this!!!!! Phil just called me and wanted me to let you all know that he will be going home in a couple of hours. They are waiting for the vest that he has to wear over his heart. If the heart stops for any reason, the vest will give it a shock. Phil said that they are going to hold off on visitors to the house right now. He will be quite busy with doing the things that he will be told to do by his doctors. I'm sure that he will also have many exercises and rehab sort of things to do. After he lets me know when he can have visitors at the house, please call before you go out. He may be at a rehab center or a doctors visit. Phil said to thank everyone for him for all the prayers, cards, flowers, phone calls and visits during his stay at the hospital. He really appreciates all of you. His voice sounded much better today. It was stronger. Please pray for Phil at this time for the rehab part of this thing. (the getting stronger and the healing of the heart muscle) Pray that the heart will heal as much as it can and that there is no damage to his heart.

Good that he is doing better, I heard last week about him.

I'm sure I'll be pullin his winch line again soon.

Heath
AKA Redruuster




Thats great news....

Wait a minute, I am still not trading you old guys. I'll pull his winch.:flipoff2:

Todd S.