January 2018 was the first time we almost lost Ricky. No one even knew he had ulcers because the man has never complained about a thing and would never want to worry anyone by mentioning he wasn't feeling well. By the time he got to the emergency room, he had lost 8 units of blood. His kidneys and liver had started shutting down and as we now know, the damage to his liver was irreversible. It's called cirrhosis. ...