The Ghost Inside’s Zach Johnson is Facing Three More Surgeries
If any of us had to endure what The Ghost Inside guitarist Zach Johnson has been through following the band’s bus crash last November we’d have given up hope. I know I would’ve, anyway.
But not Zach: despite just learning that he’ll need to undergo [at least] three more surgeries — bringing the total thus far to THIRTEEN — he’s remained positive and optimistic, albeit understandably a bit bummed out.
In July Johnson learned that his femur hadn’t healed following the initial surgery to repair it, and now in a lengthy post via Instagram he’s detailed what will be done to attempt to fix it again: one surgery to remove a piece of bone from his healthy femur, and a second to use that piece of bone to repair the broken one. A third, unrelated surgery will fix a hernia Johnson has developed in his abdomen. He’ll then have to begin the physical therapy process all over again, with the added challenge of rehabbing a knee that the doctors will be going into to remove the piece of healthy femur. And this is a guy that has already lost toes. For fuck’s sake.
Despite all that, the guitarist offered this on Twitter:
I appreciate the kind words everyone! Strength is not an issue, trust me. I may be bruised today, but VERY far from broken. #Perseverance
— Zach Johnson (@ZachJayDTD) August 5, 2016
You can still donate to cover the band’s medical expenses via GoFundMe. They need it now more than ever.
[via The PRP]