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FReepers, a guy named Cajun Mike joined us to tell us about a brave young Marine named Chris LeBleu. We gave him our prayers and loads of messages. HERE IS THE ORIGINAL THREAD. Things were looking good, and Chris was on his way to recovery. A contractor gave his family a home in Texas. Now, we get very sad news from Cajun Mike. Let's all say our prayers for Chris and his family. FROM CAJUN MIKE: To: doug from upland Doug, this is very hard for me to write. My family and I went on vacation with the Lamendola family...

LOMA LINDA, Calif. - Thousands of Marines have volunteered to be tested to determine if they could be a potential bone marrow donor for a Marine who developed a life-threatening liver ailment after returning from Iraq. Lance Cpl. Chris LeBleu was listed in fair condition Sunday at Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he has been hospitalized since January, a hospital spokeswoman said. LeBleu, of Lake Charles, La., received an emergency liver transplant but now his body is not producing enough red blood cells; doctors say he may need a bone marrow transplant. "He's a fighter and he's fighting even...

LOMA LINDA, Calif. (AP) - A Marine who received a liver transplant because of a near-fatal infection that developed after his return from Iraq may now need a bone marrow transplant. Lance Cpl. Christopher LeBleu, 22, has a "high probability" of needing the transplant because he has developed aplastic anemia, which has caused his bone marrow to stop producing enough red blood cells to keep him alive, Loma Linda University Medical Center officials said Wednesday. The hospital appealed for blood donors with Type O blood to join a registry of potential bone marrow donors so doctors can find a potential...

Road to Recover party raises funds for Marine Guests gather for man's health By NIKKI COBB, Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO - The pool tables were busy Super Bowl Sunday at The Club sports bar, the players all hoping for a second shot at life for an ailing Marine. Military comrades and civilians alike paid $10 to attend the Road To Recovery Super Bowl party at The Club. Half of the proceeds go to Loma Linda Transplant Institute and half to Lance Cpl. Chris LeBleu. Meanwhile at Loma Linda University Medical Center on Sunday, officials said the 22-year-old Marine remained in...

FReepers, this has been a good week for a Marine, his family, and his friends. Lance Cpl. Chris LeBleu from Lake Charles, Louisiana came back from Iraq and started feeling tired. It kept getting worse. He could not keep down food and then could not keep down water. Chris was transferred from the Marine Base at Twentynine Palms in S. California to Loma Linda University Medical Center in critical condition. Chris's liver was failing and he needed a liver transplant to survive. He didn't have much time left. Imagine, surviving the fight in Iraq against the terrorist b*st*rds and coming...

FREEPERS -- the story of a young Marine is below. Loma Linda is a half hour away from me. Leave messages on this thread, I'll print it, and I'll deliver it to his wife at the hospital. Skip to comments.Marine, Iraq Veteran, Receives New LiverYahoo News ^ | 1/30/05 | BEN FOX, AP Posted on 01/30/2005 6:35:36 PM PST by kattracks LOMA LINDA, Calif. - With little time left before his organs would likely fail, a U.S. Marine received a new liver Sunday for a mysterious ailment doctors said would kill him if he didn't get a transplant. Doctors operated...

LOMA LINDA, Calif. - With little time left before his organs would likely fail, a U.S. Marine received a new liver Sunday for a mysterious ailment doctors said would kill him if he didn't get a transplant. Doctors operated on Lance Cpl. Chris LeBleu, who had been in a coma and on life support, for nearly 12 hours Sunday after an unidentified donor from New Mexico was found late Saturday night. Doctors said the procedure went well, said Sgt. Jennie Haskamp, spokeswoman at Twentynine Palms, where LeBleu was stationed. He was in critical condition late Sunday. In the hospital lobby,...

Four and a half months after returning from the battlefields of Iraq, Lance Cpl. Christopher R. LeBleu lies in a hospital bed in Loma Linda, hooked up to machines and monitors working to keep him alive. LeBleu, 22, stepped off a transport plane in September, lucky to have survived seven months in Fallouja and other treacherous corners of Iraq. Twenty soldiers from his battalion based in Twentynine Palms have died in that country. A month after returning to California, LeBleu decided it was time to get on with life, and he married his hometown sweetheart. But now LeBleu, a native...

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (Jan. 28, 2005) -- A Marine veteran recently returned in September from a successful combat tour in Iraq only to begin a battle for his own life in the United States. Lance Cpl. Christopher R. LeBleu, a native of Lake Charles, La., is currently in very critical condition in Loma Linda University Hospital, Calif., for an unexplained complete liver failure. The Marine came back Sept. 9, 2004, from Iraq where he conducted support and stabilization operations as a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. The month after his return to...