This is the Man Test

I would never have thought that it could be possible. Russell’s heart failed him during a challenge and he was removed. This is not Bad Russell, this is Good Russell. If this happened to Bad Russell, it would be bittersweet. Sweet because he would be out of the game, but I still wouldn’t want anything really bad to befall him. With Good Russell, it is all sour.

I still can not believe that Russell’s heart failed, his blood pressure was even lower than Mike’s. In case you need a refresher, Mike also had heart problems and needed to be taken from the game to go to the hospital. Russell tried his best and gave his all, but his body couldn’t take it. After he was done pushing the ball, he staggered over in the wrong direction and had to be guided over to the pinball maze. When he got there, he seemed to slump down, his head was on the board and people were telling him to get his head off. Eventually, he fell down and would have completely fell flat had his shirt not snagged on the game board. Immediately, Jeff yelled for everyone to stop and brought in Medical. Russell insisted that he was fine and that he should get back in the challenge. However, Jeff eventually said that the challenge was over, no one won the reward and that, as stated before, both teams were going to Tribal Council. When they were at Tribal people discussed like they were going to vote someone out, but Jeff said that because the challenge wasn’t completed, no one would be voted out. But, in a way, with Russell being removed for medical reasons, it kind of was like Galu lost someone. The preview I saw last week showed that someone had heart problems, but I did not know who. I said, “What if it’s Russell?” with Bad Russell in mind. It turns out my guess was correct, but not in the way I meant it.

The scariest thing by far that I saw happen with Russell was when they had given him some time and they tried to get him to sit up. He sat up and they measured a 99 heart rate. Suddenly, the life flashed away from his eyes, he fell down with a stare, eyes blank, staring directly in the center, and dilated. I was actually worried that Russell had died. However, his eyes changed direction, I was relieved and his heart rate was a 68. At that point, if he can’t even sit up, he has to be taken to medical. I saw him let out a tear when he heard this.

There is nothing more to say. I do not want to divert from this because nothing else really important happened. I will say goodbye until the next post.