Russell came out of hospital last Friday , he is still unable to eat or drink whilst things heal internally . As a family we would like to say a massive thank you to everyone involved at Stoke who made it happen . We would also like to thank friends and family who visited Russell and supported us in different ways

Russell went to hospital on Monday for his operation where he remains. The operation went aswell as expected. He is now recovering and is expected to be in hospital for at least two weeks. He s in intensive care. For the first time in a year he has been able to take sips of drinks. The future remains uncertain in respect of Eating. We would like to thank all at Stoke Hospital for making this happen and we are incredibly grateful to the medical team who have work tirelessly to perform the operation

Thanks for your continued support unfortunately it’s the one year anniversary since Russell took ill. A three day holiday has resulted in a years worth of heartache. Who would ever think this could happen. Russell is still not eating,drinking or working. On the outside Russell looks well but on the inside of his body is still not fixed. We still await an operation with now three teams trying to figure out what to do . We hope it can happen soon