“Floribama Shore” star Kirk Medas has been combating for his life on a ventilator for over two weeks as his castmates requested for prayers amid the extreme well being battle.
Medas, who appeared on the MTV collection from 2017 to 2021, was recognized with necrotizing pancreatitis and was hospitalized in intensive care on April 18, in line with his castmates Nilsa Prowant and Aimee Elizabeth Corridor.
“The situation is incredibly serious,” Corridor wrote on her Instagram web page on Might 1.
Corridor shared a heartbreaking picture of Medas in a hospital mattress hooked as much as the ventilator — alongside a number of snaps of the “Floribama Shore” group.
“He is sedated and this could take some time to heal. We are praying that he has a full recovery but this process could take some time,” Prowant stated.
Prowant, based mostly in Panama Metropolis Seaside, Fla., has been flying “back and forth to Miami” to be by his facet.
“I did fly down there and see him,” Prowant shared throughout an Instagram reel. “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever seen in my life.”
Corridor revealed that her longtime castmate didn’t have medical insurance coverage and that medical payments are piling up.
“His sweet, strong mother has created a GoFundMe to help with the overwhelming expenses,” Corridor added. “Please pray for Kirk. Pray for his mother. Pray for his friends. And pray for his castmates—we’re all hurting watching our brother fight this battle.”
Necrotizing pancreatitis is a “complication of acute pancreatitis in which part of your pancreas dies,” in line with the Cleveland Clinic.
Sufferers with Necrotizing pancreatitis can expertise each short-term and long-term points.
He had a novel path to the small display.
Medas starred within the “Jersey Shore” successor alongside Corridor, Prowant, Gus Smyrnios, Jeremiah Buoni, Candace Rice, Codi Butts, and Kortni Gilson.
Medas met MTV producers when his “nervous” good friend tried touchdown a spot on the present.
“My buddy called me and was like, ‘I’m getting interviewed for this TV show, I’m nervous and I need some comfort.’ So I went over to his house and they [the producers] ended up meeting me and they asked if they could interview me,” Medas advised The Submit in 2017.
“I ended up making the cut, but I felt bad because [my friend] didn’t.”
After Medas’ time on “Floribama Shore,” Medas went on to make particular appearances in reveals like “Fear Factor” and Nick Cannon’s “Wild ‘n Out.”
Earlier than Medas was hospitalized, he spent current months posting on Instagram about his health and religious journey.
“Lost a lot the past year but stayed resilient through it all,” Medas captioned in an Instagram reel in March. “Mind, body, spirit. Changing my lifestyle completely was the start. Putting down the bottle and picking up the Bible was the best thing I [had] ever done. My only regret is not making such changes earlier on in life.”
