NewsFebruary 22, 2007 12:37 AM ET6,259 views

Inked In Blood guitarist recovering

Official press release: On February 11th 2007, Inked In Blood guitarist Matt McDonnell was found lying on the floor of his home near Portland, Oregon cold, sweating and barely able to breathe. Matt was immediately rushed to Adventist Medical Center in Portland where his vital signs had been taken and shown to be critically low. Doctors were able to slowly bring his health back using I.V.'s and other medications. Matt's condition held steady for the next 2 days while doctors continued to diagnose his ailment. Then, suddenly, on Feb. 14th his health took a turn for the worse when 60% of his lungs filled with fluid and he was no longer able to breath. Doctors were forced to put Matt into a drug-induced coma in order to pump the fluid out of his lungs by inserting a plastic tube down his trachea. Matt narrowly escaped death once again and remained on Life Support in the Intensive Care Unit for the next 3 days. An influx of phone calls from concerned IIB fans caused a crash in the hospital phone system and Matt was no longer able to receive phone calls or visitors from anyone except immediate family. After 5 days of being in ICU, Matt's health finally began to improve and he is moved back into regular care unit in the hospital. Matt was released from the hospital and sent home on Feb. 20 at 4pm with strict orders to rest and recover for the next 4 to 6 weeks. The final diagnosis given was acute Pneumonia, Pleurisy and a severe Staph infection in the lungs. Doctors don't know what directly caused the Pneumonia as he has always been very healthy, but said the amount of trauma done to his body was equivalent to that of a severe car accident. When asked to comment on the recent incident, Matt said "I've been given a new lease on life today. I feel extremely lucky to have been given a second chance. I want to personally thank everyone from the bottom of my heart who prayed for me, asked about me, or called or visited me while I was in the hospital. Receiving that many emails from concerned fans makes me feel very special. Also, a very special thank you to anyone who made donations to help offset the medical costs." The band is scheduled to release their sophomore full-length album on Facedown Records this summer and feels it will be the strongest release of their career.

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swellsucka 2/21/2007 9:42:10 PM

first post oh

da_government 2/21/2007 9:49:39 PM

great, another gay jesus band with gay jesus dudes in it having some gay thing happen to them, and thinking its gay god making them a stronger person, fck them

carve 2/21/2007 9:51:47 PM

what da_government said

bearclawrawr 2/21/2007 9:55:59 PM

damn, at least hes alive

WakingTheCadaverSucks 2/21/2007 10:07:27 PM

and......cue tasteless remarks in a lame attempt to be "shocking" and/or "ruthless." you fcking douche gargling jerks are more predictable than the new Acacia Strain. slurp shit, you fcks.

StormFront 2/21/2007 10:11:28 PM

this summer and feels it will be the strongest release of their career.......Well I wouldn't think they would say. this is new release is gonna suck worse than the last one

evil_hero 2/21/2007 10:23:28 PM

hey wakingthecadaversucks, youre an idiot

mroswaldiii 2/21/2007 10:31:51 PM

he must have health insurane...no paypal?

xxryanxx 2/21/2007 10:34:15 PM

played a show with them, awesome guys. i'm sorry to hear this.

vdburns 2/21/2007 10:41:44 PM

Haha, wakingthecadaversucks is right, both in his handle and in his asessment of how you all act. IIB does suck yes, but the fact that this guy almost died sucks too, unless he did something shitty and karma came back to fck him over.

likeatonabricks 2/21/2007 11:13:47 PM

waking the cadaver rules...this band ...does not

urbanaaron 2/21/2007 11:28:04 PM

way t pull through sport! that's the ticket! you're band still sucks and you are still a c-cky lame ass son of a bitch.

hotaction 2/21/2007 11:59:28 PM

god didnt bring him back.

weed_jesus 2/22/2007 12:23:28 AM

a bus rolls on cliff burton and this dude survives fcking pneumonia. there really cannot be a god.

solideogloria 2/22/2007 3:40:01 AM

even if you don't like his band, who cares. Dude's a good human, and it's cool he survived. Jesus healing > crybaby whining about jesus healing.

loki 2/22/2007 7:07:07 AM

WHOA! THEIR SOPHOMORE FULL LENGTH IS GOING TO BE THE STRONGEST OF THEIR CAREER! MAN THATS A BOLD STATEMENT CONSIDERING THEY'VE RELEASED SOOOO MANY ALBUMS!

BalconyCollapse 2/22/2007 7:45:08 AM

jesus hates breakdowns.

methmouth 2/22/2007 8:15:47 AM

official press release: some dude who could have been replaced by any other dude almost died, but didn't.

gozer 2/22/2007 8:52:55 AM

damn, well sucks he got all messed up and shit, glad that he is better too. but....who the hell is inked in blood? i thought this was a small jesus label.

beatoff 2/22/2007 10:04:57 AM

Good for him. He is a good ass dude. Good band as well.

vdburns 2/22/2007 10:27:34 AM

likeatonabricks 2/21/2007 11:13:47 PM waking the cadaver rules...this band ...does not Yeah, Waking the Cadaver is wonderful, if you like the sound of a guy grunting like a pig and beating on a trash pail.

Isaiah__Washington 2/22/2007 11:12:03 AM

what a gay

xpoopx 2/22/2007 11:36:21 AM

Matt is a genuinely nice guy. And that's saying a lot as a hate most people I come in contact with. I'm glad he is able to recover. Thanks to the staff at the hospital. No one/nothing else deserves credit.

xSeanHannityx 2/22/2007 1:32:24 PM

*awaits for his recovery, then for God to smite him and his shitty band on stage

onemoremotherfucker 2/22/2007 1:53:30 PM

Holy shit. That's one lucky mother fcker. Good luck to him.

xvegeedgex 2/22/2007 2:53:11 PM

I'm sorry to say, but Jesus doesn't a play a role in the hospital. Maybe as a janitor, but not a fcking healer. You fcking spiritual christian fcks make me laugh. Get over yourselves, and quick!

solideogloria 2/22/2007 4:44:49 PM

0MG BR0 UVE 0PEND MY EYEZZZZ

Fraility 2/22/2007 5:48:07 PM

Too bad this didn't happen to someone in Killing the Dream. Maybe there would be a little more sympathy. Not a fan of the band, but cool he survived and is feeling better. fck jesus, but come on now guys.

hizzletohizzle 2/22/2007 9:33:08 PM

Matt's a really great dude! Get better!

scenepoints 2/25/2007 9:00:40 AM

"a bus rolls on cliff burton and this dude survives fcking pneumonia. there really cannot be a god."




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