L.C. Smith Association Director Chris Baumohl

[Chris Dunlap]

This Thanksgiving I am thankful that one of my best friends, Chris Baumohl was able to defy the odds and recover from a massive heart attack on September 28th. The doctors told us he had less than a 1% chance to survive. That was 56 days ago. All of his major organs had shut down and he had to be put on 24 hour dialysis. When he made it to day 7 the entire staff of doctors and nurses were shocked that he was still with us. At that point they told us he would need some sort of dialysis plan for the rest of his life. He hasn't had a dialysis treatment in two+ weeks.

If all goes well he will be going home next Wednesday. He has had the best team of doctors, nurses and techs that Huntsville Hospital has.

Chris is a great friend, a great father to his son David and a great husband to Carol. Proud to call him one of the few really good friends I have and thankful he is still here.