UPDATE 22 / Friday 31st October 2008 3.30pm
BREAKING NEWS!! SMEATO TALKS FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED!
..”STILL KICKING! ..STILL FIGHTING! .. STILL SMEATO!!!”
We called Smeato today and this is what he had to say.
Clearly tired and his voice hoarse. He has been able to walk round the ward
..And he had some more great news!
Smeato: “Hello there.”
Ed: How are you feeling Smeato? You have no idea just how good it is to hear your voice…You have beaten this! Congratulations! ..you are a true fighter.
Smeato:” It’s been a bit of a whirlwind!”
Ed: “Do you have a message for your fans who have being praying for you to pull through..from all over Scotland..and the whole World?”
Smeato: “Thank you all for all your support.
…Y’know I’m just so glad to be here still..still kicking!..still fighting!…
…. still Smeato!.
And I just want to say…God Bless the NHS!
The Doctors say I should be out of here next week some time..
Then I’ve got a long period of recovery ahead of me.”
Ed: “Smeato what’s the first thing you want to do as soon as you are well enough?”
Smeato: “I want to go and see a Rangers match!”
UPDATE 21 / Monday 27th October 08:00pm – SMEATO OUT Of INTENSIVE CARE!!!
John is tonight in a regular ward for the first time after being transferred from The Intensive Care Unit where he has been for over 2 weeks. This is the great news his family and friends have been waiting to hear.
UPDATE 20 / Sunday 26th October 10.45pm – SMEATO SPEAKS!!!
YES!! Smeato fans everywhere!!..the man himself today spoke his first words since coming out of his 13 day coma..
“I WANT TO GO HOME!!” He said to his Father.
Great words indeed! Music to his family’s and our ears.
I hear that Smeato then cracked his famous Smeato smile!
Let’s all hope it won’t be too long before his being back home with the SMEATONS is a reality.
At www.johnsmeaton.com, we can now report that Smeato today had his first solid food.. after 17 days of being fed through a tube…a slice of toast..and a cup of tea!!! (The whisky will have tp wait!)
CONGRATULATIONS!! SMEATO from all your family and friends and I know. – speak on behalf of the thousands of wellwishers around the world who have contacted your family..and the SUN newspaper..and of course this site..( Just a tiny selection from the thousands of ‘get well Smeato’ messages that we have received..we have posted up).
SMEATO SPEAKS!! Great news!!!
And finally of course we must say a HUGE and very special Thank You to all the wonderful team of Nurses and Doctors and Consultants at The Intensive Care Unit of The Royal Alexandra Hospital who have given world class NHS care to SMEATO and literally kept him alive..they truly saved his life!
UPDATE 19 / Saturday 25th Oct 10.58pm
Another really good day today. Nurses and Doctors are very pleased with Smeato’s progress, and so are the Smeatons of course. Nobody could wish for a better family at this time. They have been at the hospital everyday for 2 straight weeks now, as has Smeatos fiancee Christy, and her Mom who also flew in from NY to be with the Smeatons at this very tough time.
I have to say, if this last 16 months had been a reality TV show… (‘Meet the Smeats’? ‘At Home With The Smeatons’?) Nobody would have believed it. What great highs and recent awful lows. It couldn’t have been a movie… Even a Hollywood writer just couldn’t have dreamt this story up!
Of course none of us would have wished the last 2 weeks that Smeato and his family have been through on anybody.
But the word today is that things are looking much better than they have been for a while. One day at a time Smeato’s fighting and winning this. His toughest ever fight.
We’re the Worriors… Our man Smeato’s a warrior! The word on the streets of Glasgow and all over Scotland today is…. Smeato’s on his way back!
UPDATE 18 / Friday 24th October 2008 11:00pm
More good news today..has been Another good day for SMEATO..
And the news from Dad Iain is he still improving bit by bit..but” definitely a good day.”. The Smeaton family and fiancee Christy (who has been at John’s bedside for 2 weeks since flying over from NY as soon as she got the news..) are optimistic. .but remember it’s been a rollercoaster ride some days…of 2 steps forward..one back…
Smeato’s had a few good days now in succession..and we all hope that he will be able to move from Intensive care .. not so long from now… (He has been in ICU.. for over 2 weeks now.).to the next level down….The High Dependency Unit.
UPDATE 17 / Thursday 23rd October 2008 05:10pm
Another good day for the Smeatonator!
Dad Iain’s voice down the phone this evening said it all… Immediately could tell that .Smeato has had a good day…
“He’s communicating well..of course still cannot talk what with all the tubes..but he definitely had a good day today.” He siad speaking from the ante room in the Intensive Care ward of the Royal Alexandra where 2 weeks ago to the day John was rushed by ambulance.
-I said 13 days without a single word from the Big Man ( whose is well known to have a few opinions)…. must have been a world record for the Smeato!…”.oh definitely.! …he laughed..”.you’re right about that !” -he said.
As a new message today on the site says..”.the World’s in crisis man! ..hurry up and get yourself better Smeato!..cos we need you to sort things out!”
UPDATE 16 / Wednesday 22nd October 2008 01:00pm – We spoke just now to Iain (Smeato’s Dad)…here is what he said:
“We are delighted with John’s progress.. but we’re still not out of the woods yet… still got a long way to go .. but he is conscious now. Which is wonderful.. Off the ventilator…and trying to talk!! ..but he’s still got lots of tubes in…so it’s not possible. ( ‘Keeping Smeato quiet after 13 days of silence must be. difficult!!’ Says Editor).but he is doing great! Iain continued… “But still in intensive care and we just hope his progress continues.. but we are definitely feeling positive.”
UPDATE 15 / Wednesday 22nd October 2008 11:00am – Smeato has regained consciousness! At last great news for Smeato friends and fans everywhere… John opened his eyes and immediately recognised his family and Christy at his bedside… He is on the road to recovery, although still attached to a ventilator and in intensive care.
UPDATE 14 / Monday 20th October 2008 08:00pm – The Smeatonator had a good rest last night and is stable today. Come on Smeato! You can do it! All of Scotland’s behind you! Keep making th
