Update on Barry Windham, WWE Helping with Medical Costs

Blackjack Mulligan (aka Bob Windham) spoke with Mike Mooneyham of the Charleston Post and Courier regarding his son Barry Windham's medical issues. "We couldn’t tell what the problem was for a long time," Mulligan said. "He did have a heart attack. The heart procedure went all right.

"The doctor said there was minimal damage and that he had a big, strong heart, and that he was going to be OK. We just don’t know about the stroke damage. He obviously had some kind of seizure, some type of stroke, because he doesn’t have full control... It’s going to be a long deal,” said Mulligan. “It was a very close call ... we almost lost him."

Mulligan, though, remains optimistic about the prognosis. He’s also grateful for the help being offered by WWE. Windham worked as an agent and producer for the company until his contract expired in late 2008.

“Triple H approved the whole funding,” said Mulligan, referring to WWE star and executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque, with whom Windham has been longtime friends.

Windham, says his father, has been moved to a top-flight rehab center.

“A big, black Cadillac limo pulled up to the hospital. A chauffeur got out, and two doctors put him (Windham) in the back of an ambulance and whisked him off. He’s at a place where they’re taking care of all of his problems. He’s being ministered to physically and spiritually.”

The problems are many, and Windham faces a long, uphill battle.

“He needed to go somewhere they teach you to walk, talk and eat again. I had to send him to a regular nursing home, which didn’t handle all his problems. But this place does.”...More?

source: prowrestling.net