Update 2-22-24
"Last week, John had a fall and attempted to recover at home over the weekend. However, it became evident that he needed to seek medical attention, and fortunately, he was admitted to Grady. In summary, he sustained a hip fracture and will undergo a fairly simple repair procedure involving three screws.
Additionally, John experienced some heart issues this week, which they suspect may be related to the fracture. Surgery is scheduled for Friday morning, followed by rehabilitation at Grady.
Currently, John doesn't have access to email or his voicemail at home. Feel free to send messages here, and I'm sure others will share words of encouragement with him.
Thank you for sending healing thoughts to this incredible man whom we all love and support!
- Team John"
As a few of you may have heard, John Wolfinger has experienced some health issues recently. Sadly on April 3rd he had to have his right leg amputated below the knee. Since then he has been undergoing physical therapy at an Emory facility and will be discharged to go home in a wheelchair late next week.
A group of friends including Kevin Cronin, Glenn Hilburn, Kathryn King, Nan Safay and I have been serving as his support team getting the house ready for him to manage in a wheelchair, and to a lesser extent with a walker, and with other tasks. His cousin Rob Planisek has also been down to visit from Ohio. Now we need to ask the larger community of John's many friends for help.
Eventually John will have a prosthesis and be able to get around more normally, but for the next several weeks he is going to need some help with meals, transportation to and from doctor appointments and therapy sessions, grocery shopping and other errands, and more. Toward that end we are collecting contact information for those who would like to volunteer.
If you think you can help, use this link (
https://forms.gle/atEd9A23wGvWVydG8) (
https://forms.gle/atEd9A23wGvWVydG8) to provide your contact information and to give us a general idea what you are interested in doing, and we will be in touch with more information and to get you on the schedule. We will use the CaringBridge application to coordinate and keep everyone up to date.
If you think of others who may want to help, please send me their contact information. Please do not forward this email. We want John to have control over who is invited to be in his home and know about his situation.
Over the years John has given so much of his time to good causes in our community and throughout the city. I know many of you will want to help him now as he recovers. Feel free to reach out to any of us if you have questions.
