PHOENIX (3TV / CBS 5) – Rock musician Ryan Butler is recovering from a life-saving liver transplant in October. Butler was a staple of the Valley’s heavy metal music scene, previously playing in bands such as Landmine Marathon and Northside Kings North, starting his own recording studio, Arcane Digital. Ryan Butler suffers from Wilson’s disease, which causes copper congestion in the liver. However, the 44-year-old was diagnosed with Wilson’s disease just over a year ago. Wilson’s disease causes copper to build up in the liver, and Butler’s health worsened that fall. “I just felt exhausted,” said Butler. Butler says he was placed at the top of the liver donation list. but the games didn’t come in. “I honestly didn’t think I would make it at this point,” said Butler. “I thought I was going to take the same path my mother went, where nothing came of it.” Butler’s mother died of Wilson disease when she was 43 years old. “I was actually home and I cut ‘my own hair,” said Butler. “And I said,’ Why do I bother? I won’t be here next week. ‘”Butler says when the phone rang and was told to come to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, where he would have a liver transplant that afternoon.” We went to the hospital, when the guy with the cool box with the liver came in through the main entrance at the same time, “Butler said. Since his transplant, Butler says his health has been getting better day by day.” When I woke up from the surgery, everything felt different, “Butler said “I felt like a feeling of hope.” There was one side effect, however: Butler says his thumb and the first two fingers of his left hand have been completely numb since the operation after they were taped to a pedestal during the operation couldn’t play guitar anymore. “Right now it’s weird even cutting my fingernails,” Butler said. Even so, Butler says his doctor believes the feeling in his fingers Will be back, and right now he’s just happy to be here. “Definitely grateful to be alive,” said Butler. Copyright 2020 KPHO / KTVK (KPHO Rundfunkgesellschaft). All rights reserved.
[ad_2]
