Manute Bol fighting for his life with kidney failure

[Pistons < Spurs]

Popular former NBA player Manute Bol is currently in a northern Virginia hospital fighting for his life.

Dan Steinberg at The Sports Bog (part of the Washington Post) reports that Bol had been hospitalized after a return from his native Sudan with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome -- a life-threatening skin condition -- as well as kidney failure.

Tom Prichard, who has worked with Bol on building a school in Sudan through the group Sudan Sunrise, said that Bol was returning from several months in Sudan, where his health had deteriorated. Prichard said Bol flew into Dulles and had to stay overnight near the airport before a flight back to his family in Kansas; after friends asked the hotel manager to check on Bol, he was rushed to a local hospital.

Prichard said that Bol has undergone three rounds of dialysis, and that the Stevens-Johnson Syndrome might necessitate a move to a burn unit.

"He's at great risk," Prichard said. "He's in a bad way."


http://www.hoopsdaily.com/content/ma...kidney-failure

[TheMACHINE]

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[noob cake]

Light-threatening skin condition + something causing liver failure.

Gotta suck when you catch two life threatening bugs/disease on one trip.

[Drachen]

This sucks. This man kept doing ridiculous stunt after ridiculous stunt making fun of himself to raise money for his home country. He is one of the (unsung) pillars of selflessness. I hope he pulls through.

[Bob Lanier]

I thought he was broke? Or is the government paying for these last few weeks of his life?

[Ginobilly]

Manute Bol comes from the David Robinson mold. They care more about the well-being of others than themselves. I've read numerous reports that he has given most of his NBA/celebrity earning to help build hospitals and schools in the Sudan. My prayers go out to the Bol family.

[The Gemini Method]

This is sad news indeed...The guy was such a charitable person that it almost seems unfair he's going through this at the moment. Hopefully he'll make a miraculous recovery.

[Ginobilly]

I thought he was broke? Or is the government paying for these last few weeks of his life?

He was broke for awhile, so he had to resort to doing celebrity boxing matches, etc to make a living. There were reports that he was living in a motel while giving the majority of his earning from his fundraisers/boxing to help build a school and a clinic in the Sudan for his people. God already has a special place for Manute Bol when he dies.

[Giuseppe]

There is segment on one of those old NBA Videos from the '80s showing Manute grabbing a rebound and passing the ball between his legs on the outlet. The best part is you can see his bench in the background rise & erupt en masse in good natured laughter. It's a riot.

[baseline bum]

That sucks. Manute was really cool to his fans back in his playing days.

[NewJerSpur]

Sad to hear, hope he pulls through and can fight this with the same tenacity/never back down at ude he displayed on the court.

[jdev82]

This sucks. This man kept doing ridiculous stunt after ridiculous stunt making fun of himself to raise money for his home country. He is one of the (unsung) pillars of selflessness. I hope he pulls through.

there must be a different culture in these third world nations than in our nations ghettos. you dont hear of allen iverson and the likes pouring half his paychecks into the community and giving back in a really significant way like dikembe mutombo.

get well soon manute, you always gave 100% in the nba, even if you were getting beat, and the same seems to be true in his life

[Sportstudi]

I really hope he will overcome this bad situation. He's such a good guy, always caring about his country and the ones he loves more than about himself. He is just a master of unselflessness.

[TIMMYD!]

There is segment on one of those old NBA Videos from the '80s showing Manute grabbing a rebound and passing the ball between his legs on the outlet. The best part is you can see his bench in the background rise & erupt en masse in good natured laughter. It's a riot.

At 1:50.

[Biggems]

always one of my favorite players...and such a wonderful human being......IMO, guys like him deserve a better fate and a much better way of going out than what seems to be happening to him.

God bless Manute Bol

[TampaDude]

Yeah, he's cool...hope he recovers...

[duncan228]

Wish him the best.

[lefty]

Wow thats weird


I thought about Manute Bol a few days ago

IDK why, but I did

I remember a few years ago he was broke after sending most of his $$$ to his family

Chris Mullin and other former teammates had to help him out.

I wish him the best

[Giuseppe]

At 1:50.

Great find, TIM.

[da_suns_fan]

Aww man. That sucks

Always liked him.

[fevertrees]

Hope he pulls through...shame the NBA doesn't have selfless people like this anymore

[Biggems]

Hope he pulls through...shame the NBA doesn't have selfless people like this anymore

Tim Duncan
Manu Ginobili
Fabricio Oberto
Derek Fisher


but yes, these guys are sorely missed

Manute Bol
David Robinson
Dikembe Mutombo
Kevin Johnson

[LnGrrrR]

This sucks. This man kept doing ridiculous stunt after ridiculous stunt making fun of himself to raise money for his home country. He is one of the (unsung) pillars of selflessness. I hope he pulls through.

Yeah, I feel for the guy. A real hero.

[Fernando TD21]

Best wishes for Manute.

[rayjayjohnson]

Light-threatening skin condition + something causing liver failure.

Gotta suck when you catch two life threatening bugs/disease on one trip.

being black isn't life threatening.

oh wait, i understand now...