***OFFICIAL*** New Mexico St. Gameday thread 9-10-11

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I wonder if it's heat related. His face looked really red on close ups just a couple plays ago.
 


Former Goofer said:
Well he collapsed first and then started to seize. If I'm not mistaken I believe I read an article saying this happened to kill before.
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Yep, here it is:

http://www.upliftingathletes.org/take-action/rare-disease-champion/jerry-kill

n 2005, Jerry Kill was coaching at Southern Illinois when he collapsed on the sideline. He chalked it up to the seizures he had been experiencing and prepared for the next game as he always did. To his surprise the doctor asked to speak with him in person to review the test results after the collapse. Since Coach Kill was deep in game preparation mode, he requested the doctor just tell him the news over the phone. The news: Kill had kidney cancer, a rare disease with which 50,000 Americans are diagnosed each year. He was shocked, but like everything else in the coach’s life - he came up with a plan. Kill would have surgery and beat it.
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Coming from someone who does have epilepsy, seizures suck.
 


You hold him down during a seizure so he doesn't
injure himself
 




Ok then the alternative is to let him continue having convulsions and let him bang
his head on the ground
 





Tully55 said:
Ok then the alternative is to let him continue having convulsions and let him b his head on the ground
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Yes. Restraining someone while they are seizing is one of the worst things you could possibly do. When someone does seize you want to try and remove any sharp/hard objects away as quickly as possible. Also, you should never stick anything in the mouth of someone seizing despite what most people believe.

Seriously, I have epilepsy and I've gone through all this *&^!#*&^!#*&^!#*&^!# before.
 


Get well soon, Coach Kill.
We got your back.
 



I love Coach Kill. I'm shocked by the loss. Praying for Kill. Kind of numbed all over by everything.
 

Former Goofer said:
Yes. Restraining someone while they are seizing is one of the worst things you could possibly do. When someone does seize you want to try and remove any sharp/hard objects away as quickly as possible. Also, you should never stick anything in the mouth of someone seizing despite what most people believe.

Seriously, I have epilepsy and I've gone through all this

*&^!#*&^!#*&^!#*&^!# before.
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So did.my father
 

There was a few plays that made the difference. McKnight missing that sure TD catch, Royston called for PI on the interception, a few calls went against them, but in general they did not play well. I guess the word "lacking" is about the only one I can think of if that makes sense.
 



As for his seizures, I would suspect his intensity in the game and what was happening was probably the big reason.
 



I don't post much but have been reading posts on this site since it was formed. I want the gophers to win each week as much as anyone on this site. I have been a gopher fan since 1975 and havent missed a gopher/iowa game in person in the last 10 years. I am a huge fan of coach kill with they way he runs this team and also because my father has been fighting cancer for the last year. I just hope for the best for him and think in the long run, he will make a difference with this team. right now my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family and the game means much less to me right now.
 

Former Goofer said:
If you don't believe me feel free
to go ask any EMT/Nurse/Doctor/whoever.
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I guessI'll just have to forget waking up in the middle.of.the night while I was growing up and having the responsibility for not letting my father bounce his head up and down on the floor
 

Tully55 said:
I guessI'll just have to forget waking up in the middle.of.the night while I was growing up and having the responsibility for not letting my father bounce his head up and down on the floor
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Just because what you did was the opposite of what the healthcare system says to do doesn't mean it is the right thing to do.

I don't know you or your father and I hope he never injured himself while seizing and never does, but people in the healthcare business are taught never to restrain someone while they are seizing.
 


Former Goofer said:
Just because what you did was the opposite of what the healthcare system says to do doesn't mean it is the right thing to do.

I don't know you or your father and I hope he never injured himself while seizing and never does, but people in the healthcare business are taught never to restrain someone while they are seizing.
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It's too bad these EMTs you keep talking about weren't around 45 years ago when I was 12 years old and did as I was told. Too late now to help my father as he passed away 6 years ago
 

Tully 55,

I am an EMT/Army medic and both military and civilian teachers have tought us to never restrain the pt and never insert anything into there mouths like an Oropharyngeal airway while seizing. Also to remove all sharp or dangerous objects so they don't hurt themselves. If you restrain them you could potentially hurt yourself. They is nothing we can do while they are seizing. You have to wait until they are done to take any action
 

My apologies to all if I appeared too passionate in revealing my perspective regarding the assistance of someone having seizures. It is a very serious situation for all those involved. My reasonings were taken from when I was a young boy given to me by people in the medical field and the images of my father from almost 50 years ago are still quite fresh in my mind. I am a bit confused ,however, as the pictures on the tv screen and also those posted in the Strib clearly reveal University medical personnel holding Coach Kill's arms.
 

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