define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:24:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Spoonhour Recovering Well After Transplant http://rushthecourt.net/2010/09/20/spoonhour-recovering-well-after-transplant/ http://rushthecourt.net/2010/09/20/spoonhour-recovering-well-after-transplant/#respond Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:24:15 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=24489

A while back we mentioned that former Saint Louis, UNLV, and (Southwest) Missouri State head coach Charlie Spoonhour had been diagnosed with a strange and unfortunately progressive lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the only real cure for which is a lung transplant. Coach Spoonhour had the transplant in mid-August and is said to be doing well, even able to walk up to a mile during the course of a day.

Good spirits, great family support, and a world-class facility. Our money's on The Spoon.

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We first heard about this a week ago (via Curtis Kitchen from 810WHB.com) and saw another mention of it late last night, so we most definitely had to take a minute to send some positive thoughts in the direction of former Missouri State, Saint Louis, and UNLV head coach and 1994 Henry Iba Award winner Charlie Spoonhour.  Coach Spoonhour, 71, was recently diagnosed with a lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and is currently awaiting a lung transplant at Duke University Medical Center in Durham.

Talk about a heck of an assist, though.  According to this report [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2010/08/05/the-spoon-awaits-lung-transplant-but-gets-a-nice-assist/feed/ 1