WWE Legend ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham on life support, wife calls for urgent prayers

 WWE Legend ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham on life support, wife calls for urgent prayers

WWE ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham on life support (Source: Twitter)

As her husband battles his health in a hospital, “Superstar” Billy Graham’s wife gave a concerning update on her husband. The full name of Graham is Eldridge Wayne Coleman. Doctors wanted to turn off the former WWE superstar’s life support, but Valerie Coleman refused, she posted on Facebook.

“Please, urgent prayers needed for my husband. The doctors wanted to remove him from life support tonight, I refused. He’s a fighter, and his will is strong even if his body isn’t. God is our hope,” she wrote on Facebook with a link to a GoFundMe fundraiser. Graham’s GoFundMe received its most recent update in April.

“It has now been four months since Wayne has not been home; he has either been at the rehab centre or in the hospital. Due to ongoing issues from his lack of appetite, he has now lost 80 pounds and continues struggling with extreme weakness,” the April 26th update read. “The Osteomyelitis infection in his ears, skull and sinus cavity remains his greatest challenge. He’s on strong IV antibiotics 3 times a day to treat this, and the infectious disease doctor says he will need to be on them for at least 3 more months. As a result of this infection, he is currently completely deaf. We’re praying this is temporary and will resolve as the infection is treated. He has intermittently also suffered with kidney issues and been on dialysis. This in addition to Billy having heart and lung concerns, sores from being in bed for 4 months and depression.

More than $14,000 has been donated to the GoFundMe since it was started in February

“The financial situation has become dire as Insurance is only covering part of this treatment. His rehab copay care is costing $200 a day out of pocket. Unfortunately, Wayne and his wife Valerie contracted Covid 2 months ago. And unfortunately, In Valerie’s case, she continues to struggle with what is now Long Covid, and as a result, she has had to extend her LOA, leaving them with absolutely no income. The emotional strain of not being able to visit her husband, due to Covid, along with the deep concern over his health and their financial difficulties, is heart-wrenching and very stressful for them both.

“Anyone who could find it in their heart to donate any amount would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. Please help and pray for the superstar to recover and return home where he belongs. God Bless you all; thank you. He is in the fight of his life.”

The now 79-year-old professional wrestler started in Stampede Wrestling in 1970 and later changed his identity to Billy Graham in honour of the evangelist when he moved to the NWA’s Los Angeles region. He would wrestle in the American Wrestling Alliance before making his way to the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which would later go by the names WWF and WWE, in the middle of the 1970s. In 2004, he was admitted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

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