Jessie Pegula reveals more about Kim

[Returntoglory]

1 hour ago, eball said:

Anyone else envision Jesse taking a much more prominent role in the running of these two franchises at some point down the road?

 

What an amazing, strong woman.

 

And of course, continued best wishes to Kim on her recovery.

 

Give it time. Once her career is either over OR she's satisfied with living her dream, I can see her getting heavily involved. 

[GoBills808]

3 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

Hopefully the guy on this board that keeps complaining about "Not wanting to hear how the Bills had to overcome adversity" reads this article.  This goes beyond football, but Kim was a huge part of the organization, even going as far to make the players cookies.  You think that didnt weigh on them?

Keep going Kim.   You have an entire city behind you.  

I'm the one that said that and I read the article

 

 

[Draconator]

8 minutes ago, Bob Jones said:

If & when it gets to the point that she inherits the team, if I was in her shoes, I'd sell the team in a NY minute. The Bills have a $3.4 billion value right now, and that's likely to go up too. Gotta think that running/managing the Bills AND the Sabres is a LOT of work, and probably stressful too. And as somebody else mentioned earlier, there will be a large inheritance tax to be paid too. I'd sell, take the money and disappear, and live the life most people could only dream about. 😉

Jessica is a professional athlete. In the most horrible circumstances, she played Wimbledon and with the Damar Hamlin situation, knowing her mom went through the exact same situation and held that within the family, had a very good Australian Open, she may want to embrace the challenge of running the Bills and Sabres. 

[BMWR100RT]

What is Kim's charity? 

[1stgm1993]

15 minutes ago, Draconator said:

Jessica is a professional athlete. In the most horrible circumstances, she played Wimbledon and with the Damar Hamlin situation, knowing her mom went through the exact same situation and held that within the family, had a very good Australian Open, she may want to embrace the challenge of running the Bills and Sabres. 

Still wish the NFL could be forced to sell the team to the fans like green bay such bs that wasnt allowed anymore. 

[Draconator]

Just now, 1stgm1993 said:

Still wish the NFL could be forced to sell the team to the fans like green bay such bs that wasnt allowed anymore. 

With some of the things the fans post, I'd much rather have it in private ownership

[SACTOBILLSFAN]

3 hours ago, Mark80 said:

This season was just unbelievable.  I cannot believe people are still blaming coaches for one loss after everything the team went through this year.  It is a miracle we won 13 games and a playoff game to be honest.  Wishing her a continued recovery.

Found McDermott’s burner. 

[ChevyVanMiller]

The story also explains why Terry did not speak publicly after the Demar Hamlin incident. Obviously, having another cardiac arrest tragedy was more than he could bear. He received a lot of criticism for that at the time, wholly unwarranted.

[BuffaloBillsGospel2014]

That is 1 tough family, hopefully she can make a miraculous recovery. Brain trauma is scary and the quality of life is what really matters, I really hope this turns into a great story of recovery down the road.

[Dick_Cheney]

3 hours ago, Guffalo said:

Terry's pain is felt as well, He seems like anyone's Dad, "I'll just sit in the car and wait", "I'm not going home without her". A devoted husband, maybe stubborn, but old school devotion.

Yeah, I'm of the opinion 'there are no good billionaires,' but that part wrecked me. Pretty much the plot of The Notebook.

 

Hopefully Kim continues to improve. She's fortunate enough to have access to every possible treatment, both established and experimental. And there's been some incredible research and development the last couple years in the realm of improving cognitive function after a TBI or other such event.

 

I don't think that any other team in the league has the kind of ownership and community that the Bills do. What an unbelievable season. I pray we don't have to go through another one like this for a long, long time, if ever again.

[97bills]

1 hour ago, Bob Jones said:

If & when it gets to the point that she inherits the team, if I was in her shoes, I'd sell the team in a NY minute. The Bills have a $3.4 billion value right now, and that's likely to go up too. Gotta think that running/managing the Bills AND the Sabres is a LOT of work, and probably stressful too. And as somebody else mentioned earlier, there will be a large inheritance tax to be paid too. I'd sell, take the money and disappear, and live the life most people could only dream about. 😉

It would definitely be something to think about… unless you really just loved the business part. 

[Meatloaf63]

4 hours ago, Draconator said:

Cardiac Arrest, her other daughter saves Kim's life, but some brain damage. Kim can read, and write and has limited speaking abilities, but is still in recovery in a care facility.

 

What an ordeal

I don’t know of too many other teams that have experienced more tragedies than this team has faced this year starting with Dawson’s brother🤦‍♂️ May next season bring better luck and circumstances….🙏🙏🙏

[Green Lightning]

Yikes. Another reminder that all of us are just one day away from a bad diagnosis. Kim was young and seemingly healthy...until she wasn't. Jessica seems ready to pick up some of the slack and we know she's a competitor.  Sending positive energy to the Pegulas. 

[Just in Atlanta]

Wow, good read. Didn't realize how tough her road to recovery has been. I do hope the aphasia is correctable. 

Perhaps we can get the update on Murphy as well when his family is ready. 

 

Crazy year, for sure. 

 

 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

3 hours ago, eball said:

Anyone else envision Jesse taking a much more prominent role in the running of these two franchises at some point down the road?

 

What an amazing, strong woman.

 

And of course, continued best wishes to Kim on her recovery.

 

Yeah she basically says it.

[IndyMark]

Oh my. What a sobering, heartfelt, raw, and emotional read. 

 

I continue to send positive and healing vibes to the family and the Sabres and Bills, who have endured a really challenging period of time.  This article should give, both, pause and clarity to those that kept wondering and speculating.

 

Channeling the most genuine and sincere gentleman of the Bills, Marv Levy, as I read this article not only do I agree with a poster above of Terry coming across as the quintessential "dad", I can also see him reiterating this outloud:

 

"Fight on, my men," says Sir Andrew Barton,
"I am hurt, but I am not slain;
I'll lay me down and bleed a while,
And then I'll rise and fight again."

 

Pulling for the Pegula family.......Terry and Kim will fight again.

 

Go Bills!

 

 

[BillsfaninSB]

1 hour ago, SACTOBILLSFAN said:

Found McDermott’s burner. 

While feeling down reading about Kim, this made me laugh. 

[Shaw66]

10 minutes ago, Just in Atlanta said:

I do hope the aphasia is correctable. 

 

As I understand it, it largely is not correctable.   It's caused by brain damage suffered as the result of inadequate blood flow.  That's why CPR from the very beginning is so important; CPR keeps some blood flowing to the brain until they can restart the heart.  With inadequate blood flow, brain cells start dying, and those cells cannot be regenerated.  Apparently, the patient can't make progress in the first few days and weeks, bringing damaged cells back on line, but after that it becomes very difficult. 

 

People with aphasia essentially have to train other, unused brained cells to do the work of the cells that have died.  Training brain cells is pretty easy in infants - that's why they're language and intelligence grows so fast in the early years, but it's pretty difficult in adults.  People who make progress usually work very hard, with good speech and language therapists. 

 

It's much difficult, long-term work than coming back from an ACL repair or something like that.   The tissue around the knee repairs itself, and rehabilitation is mostly about getting that tissue reconditioned.   What Kim is trying to do is more like not fixing the ACL and trying to train other muscles to compensate.   Progress is slow, and patients tend to get discouraged.   She's blessed with serious personal determination, a supportive family, and essentially unlimited resources.   I wish her well. 

[london_bills]

5 hours ago, Draconator said:

Cardiac Arrest, her other daughter saves Kim's life, but some brain damage. Kim can read, and write and has limited speaking abilities, but is still in recovery in a care facility.

 

What an ordeal

This still doesn't feel real. Thanks for the info

[LABILLBACKER]

1 hour ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

The story also explains why Terry did not speak publicly after the Demar Hamlin incident. Obviously, having another cardiac arrest tragedy was more than he could bear. He received a lot of criticism for that at the time, wholly unwarranted.

Terry shouldn't have to explain anything to anyone.  He almost lost his wife. His daughter jumped in and saved her just like Denny did for Damar.  What a crazy year....

[Chandler#81]

5 hours ago, corta765 said:

It explains quite well now why she hasn't been seen and I hope people understand and respect that.

I always really liked Kim and it is gutting that she won't be the same as she was, but I am happy for the Pegula's that she seems to be doing well enough to still enjoy life to some extent as a family and a mom.

She was fantastic. Looked forward to and never missed her podcasts with Maddy Glab. Ever a champion for women in sports and a member of many key League committees. I miss her terribly but am relieved she’s improving.

[Figster]

I have to wonder now how much of this was known to Josh Allen and how it may have contributed to the teams possible inability to stay focused. In light of the Damar Hamlin cardiac arrest this could have been a double whammy for the team in my humble opinion.

 

Very unsettling news :  (

Edited February 7, 2023 by Figster

[RangerDave]

5 hours ago, Bob Jones said:

This post insinuates that the players knew about her exact condition....I highly doubt it.

The players, coaches and staff certainly knew that she had suffered some type of health emergency.  Sometimes not knowing the exact type of emergency makes it more difficult because speculation runs rampant absent definitive information.

[kota]

The moment they mentioned rehab i assume Stroke.  

[Bob Jones]

6 minutes ago, Figster said:

I have to wonder now how much of this was known to Josh Allen and how it may have contributed to the teams possible inability to stay focused. In light of the Damar Hamlin cardiac arrest this could have been a double whammy for the team in my humble opinion.

This was discussed earlier in this thread, and some of us believe that it would be highly unlikely that they told the players of her exact condition. Just would be too hard to keep a lid on it in the latter case....wives, girlfriends, players family members, agents, etc might get told, and then  for sure it would have leaked out. But who knows, maybe they told only a few "select" players...and that would also seem to be illogical, for it might cause exactly what you said here.

[Malazan]

I am glad she is improving.

 

My mom passed away unexpectedly to a similar cardiac issue on January 1st the day before Damar and it was utterly surreal to see it happen. I can understand how much seeing that would affect them. 

[phxbacker]

Simply wow..

[stevestojan]

15 minutes ago, Malazan said:

I am glad she is improving.

 

My mom passed away unexpectedly to a similar cardiac issue on January 1st the day before Damar and it was utterly surreal to see it happen. I can understand how much seeing that would affect them. 

So sorry to hear brother. 

[BillsFanSD]

32 minutes ago, RangerDave said:

The players, coaches and staff certainly knew that she had suffered some type of health emergency.  Sometimes not knowing the exact type of emergency makes it more difficult because speculation runs rampant absent definitive information.

I've been assuming this whole time that she either suffered a drug overdose or a failed suicide attempt.  Those are usually pretty safe bets when a family is extremely tight-lipped about what's going on.  I wish they had just said earlier that she had a heart attack.

[corta765]

21 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

She was fantastic. Looked forward to and never missed her podcasts with Maddy Glab. Ever a champion for women in sports and a member of many key League committees. I miss her terribly but am relieved she’s improving.

 

Agreed. I really like that she was a champion for women in sports, I love Amy Trask and her stories when she was with the Raiders. With Kim as president it felt like the Bills had a real presence in league circles and were cutting edge in many ways. I have three nieces and for them I thought that she was a great role model for where women can go.

 

I would love to see Jessie do the same in the future IF she wants to as she seems to have much of the passion and charisma her mother has.

Edited February 8, 2023 by corta765

[Purplebulldog]

Tough stuff. I have a family member dealing with this for almost 20 years. I saw Damar in person when he collapsed. To be honest after the Bengals loss I was ambivalent. It’s only a game and I’m usually p off bad when we lose. It puts life in perspective.  I think the franchises and business ventures will be in good hands if JP gets involved and is groomed.  

[Figster]

1 hour ago, Malazan said:

I am glad she is improving.

 

My mom passed away unexpectedly to a similar cardiac issue on January 1st the day before Damar and it was utterly surreal to see it happen. I can understand how much seeing that would affect them. 

I'm so very sorry for your loss. This day is getting sadder by the minute. Thank you for sharing

[bigK14094]

I knew she was not coming back to the business when Pegula Sports hired the high level guy from Fidelity.  He is going to partially fill her role.  Now, there is that business about primary owner in the NFL, and that needs to  be handled properly.  Pegs may have already removed her from that status and we don't know.  With this length of time, I also figured it wasn't cancer but a stroke like event.  Sad, but  pulling for her to recover further and have a good life.  

[Wacka]

I have told it before, but ai tell some details agin.  In 2014  was having symptoms but ignored them and/or telling myself I wasn't as sick as i was.  Went to  party and people there asking me if I was OK.  Friends take to mutual friend and the next day, She talked to me on the phone for 3 hoursrs and got me to say I would go to the ER to get checked out.  Went the next day and my BP was 247/75 !!!!!!. Said they would admit me- OK. Was waiting for a room and asked why I wasn't in one.They said they were waiting for space in the ICU!!! Next day during a brain scan I had a stroke. I say I had the stroke in the best place for it to happen , while they were scanning my brain.

 

Don't have clear memories for the next 3 days.  Spent 3 weeks in rehab and had my brother fly back to Buffalo with me. I had aphasia for several months and had trouble finding words and names.Needed a walker for 3 months, then after the 2014 blizzard, that spring i started walking. Using a cane, I first made ⅓ of a mile, had to rest and then walk bak home. That was in March, every nice day, I walked a house further  before turning back. By labor day, I could make over a mile. 

 

Had aphasia where i had to search for words and names but that got better over a few months. I get dizzy if I look up too long (like looking up at trees in the woods) but it goes away when I look level.  Have a very, very , very slight weakness on my left side, but those are the only things.  Have to take 10+ pils a day (about half are for BP which is excellent if I take them). My kidney function was down to 10% at the stroke (from the high BP). I only have one-the other was removed when I was 4 (back in 1961) because of cogenial reasons. But recovered. 

I could  have died 8 years ago if the stroke had happened while I was driving or not in the hospital. This is all bonus time.

 

 

 

 

[muppy]

Prayers for Kim and all the Pegula family in all areas of need.

[Shaw66]

20 minutes ago, Wacka said:

I have told it before, but ai tell some details agin.  In 2014  was having symptoms but ignored them and/or telling myself I wasn't as sick as i was.  Went to  party and people there asking me if I was OK.  Friends take to mutual friend and the next day, She talked to me on the phone for 3 hoursrs and got me to say I would go to the ER to get checked out.  Went the next day and my BP was 247/75 !!!!!!. Said they would admit me- OK. Was waiting for a room and asked why I wasn't in one.They said they were waiting for space in the ICU!!! Next day during a brain scan I had a stroke. I say I had the stroke in the best place for it to happen , while they were scanning my brain.

 

Don't have clear memories for the next 3 days.  Spent 3 weeks in rehab and had my brother fly back to Buffalo with me. I had aphasia for several months and had trouble finding words and names.Needed a walker for 3 months, then after the 2014 blizzard, that spring i started walking. Using a cane, I first made ⅓ of a mile, had to rest and then walk bak home. That was in March, every nice day, I walked a house further  before turning back. By labor day, I could make over a mile. 

 

Had aphasia where i had to search for words and names but that got better over a few months. I get dizzy if I look up too long (like looking up at trees in the woods) but it goes away when I look level.  Have a very, very , very slight weakness on my left side, but those are the only things.  Have to take 10+ pils a day (about half are for BP which is excellent if I take them). My kidney function was down to 10% at the stroke (from the high BP). I only have one-the other was removed when I was 4 (back in 1961) because of cogenial reasons. But recovered. 

I could  have died 8 years ago if the stroke had happened while I was driving or not in the hospital. This is all bonus time.

 

Wow!  Glad your doing so well.  

 

There's some medication that they use that is supposed to be very effective with stroke patients if they can get it into you in the first few hours or maybe even a day.  Since you were in the hospital, I'd bet you got it and that it contributed to what sounds like a great recovery.  I'm happy for it.  

 

If you don't mind talking about it, could you explain to us how it feels to be aphasic.  I understand the frustration level is huge, because your brain is thinking but you can't find words to say what you're thinking.  

[Gugny]

25 minutes ago, Wacka said:

I have told it before, but ai tell some details agin.  In 2014  was having symptoms but ignored them and/or telling myself I wasn't as sick as i was.  Went to  party and people there asking me if I was OK.  Friends take to mutual friend and the next day, She talked to me on the phone for 3 hoursrs and got me to say I would go to the ER to get checked out.  Went the next day and my BP was 247/75 !!!!!!. Said they would admit me- OK. Was waiting for a room and asked why I wasn't in one.They said they were waiting for space in the ICU!!! Next day during a brain scan I had a stroke. I say I had the stroke in the best place for it to happen , while they were scanning my brain.

 

Don't have clear memories for the next 3 days.  Spent 3 weeks in rehab and had my brother fly back to Buffalo with me. I had aphasia for several months and had trouble finding words and names.Needed a walker for 3 months, then after the 2014 blizzard, that spring i started walking. Using a cane, I first made ⅓ of a mile, had to rest and then walk bak home. That was in March, every nice day, I walked a house further  before turning back. By labor day, I could make over a mile. 

 

Had aphasia where i had to search for words and names but that got better over a few months. I get dizzy if I look up too long (like looking up at trees in the woods) but it goes away when I look level.  Have a very, very , very slight weakness on my left side, but those are the only things.  Have to take 10+ pils a day (about half are for BP which is excellent if I take them). My kidney function was down to 10% at the stroke (from the high BP). I only have one-the other was removed when I was 4 (back in 1961) because of cogenial reasons. But recovered. 

I could  have died 8 years ago if the stroke had happened while I was driving or not in the hospital. This is all bonus time.

 

 

 

 

 

I had a similar, but luckily not as bad, experience when I was close to 40.

 

I was having severe headaches and I NEVER get headaches.  I figured it was just sinuses or something, so I pushed through it.  It got so bad one day, that it literally brought me to tears.  I didn't go to the ER, but I was able to get into the doctors' office.

 

When the LPN came in to do the normal weigh in, blood pressure, etc., she took my BP and said, "hmmm."  Then she tried it again.  Then she asked if she could try my other arm.  After that, she went to get another LPN, who also took my BP.  At that point, she told me that she was going to get the doctor.

 

When the doctor came in, she took my BP and told me that it was 225/130 and asked me how I was feeling (other than the headache).  She then did some quick tests to see if I had already suffered any kind of stroke and told me that I was at risk of having either a stroke or a heart attack at any time.

 

She wrote a script and told me to go directly to the pharmacy.  It was for a pill that would basically crash my BP.  She then set up an appt., to have CT scans, EKGs, etc. done and told me to go to the hospital to get those done.

 

Knock on wood, I've never had any issues after that (I've been BP medications ever since) and I get checkups done every 6 months.

 

That day was the first time I'd seen/met that doctor.  I'm 52 now and she's still my doctor.

 

I got very lucky that day and I maintain that she saved my life and I'll be forever grateful.

 

[teef]

i have an appointment with my primary care next friday about blood pressure.  ***** this *****.

[Thurman#1]

Oh, no. 

 

I'll pray for her.

[Chaos]

19 minutes ago, teef said:

i have an appointment with my primary care next friday about blood pressure.  ***** this *****.

FYI. Docs may not tell you, but being a Bills fan adds 20 points to diastolic and systolic measurements. You may need a different med dosage in season.