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After undergoing exigency encephalon surgery, personage hairstylist Johnnie Sapong is receiving enactment from stars including Charlize Theron, Tracee Ellis Ross and Amandla Stenberg.
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Johnnie Sapong's friends are rallying astir him during a important time.
The personage hairstylist remains successful intensive attraction aft undergoing exigency encephalon surgery, according to his son, John, who elaborate his dad's harrowing communicative successful a GoFundMe post. Among those who expressed their enactment for him by donating are Charlize Theron, Daniel Craig, Milla Jovovich, Amandla Stenberg and more.
In his heartbreaking message, John explained that his dada was recently rushed to the exigency country aft experiencing a terrible headache and blurred vision.
"Once we got to the hospital, the surgeon and neurologist squad had reviewed the MRI scans and said they had recovered a ample tumor connected his pituitary gland, (a gland successful the brain)," helium wrote successful a June 10 connection posted to the fundraising page. "It was pressing connected his encephalon and optic nervus and was it bleeding."
After going into an hours-long surgery, the tumor was removed, but Johnnie's wellness is inactive nether observation.
"We consciousness truthful fortunate that the country was palmy and that we didn't suffer him," John wrote. "His pituitary gland is dead, nary longer capable to function, helium volition beryllium connected medicine for the remainder of his beingness and volition request regular MRI scans to cheque to marque definite different tumor doesn't grow. He is inactive successful ICU and we are unsure however agelong helium volition there, we are hoping to get him retired of determination soon truthful that helium tin retrieve astatine location with us."
Amid his hospitalization, Johnnie's household is reflecting connected his legacy.
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"As you each cognize my dada is simply a kind, amazing, talented antheral who loves his occupation arsenic a freelance hairdresser and who works hard to enactment his family," John continued. "He is the main root of income for our family. He is not going to beryllium capable to work, we don't cognize however agelong for, however agelong it volition instrumentality for him get backmost to afloat health."
Other celebs including Tracee Ellis Ross person shared messages of enactment for the fundraiser, with the black-ish prima posting a heartfelt connection connected her Instagram Stories.
"@sapongjohnnie sending each the healing vigor and emotion love love," she wrote alongside a June 12 station featuring the two, adding a nexus to the donation page. "Please enactment Johnnie and his family."
Loki prima Sasha Lane besides shared her acquisition moving with Johnnie, writing connected Twitter June 11, "Johnnie is the kindest hearted antheral I cognize and helium has done my locs for years. His vigor is unmatched. I'm thankful he's live but the travel to betterment won't beryllium easy."
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