Anyone who has spent any time on SEOchat is probbaly familiar with Fathom. He has been a strong contributing member for years and was instrumental in my early SEO development. He was also kind enough to do an interview for me.

On December 5th, Fathom’s brother posted at SEOchat:

fathom (Rod) had a heart attack on Sunday Nov 27, He is stable now, but is still on life support.

He did cardiac arrect twice, and both times were for short periods, so brain damage is not certain.

He had a pace maker “installed” which went well, but soon after he developed pneumonia, and has had complications since then. He has fluid build up around his heart and lungs, they tested and it is from the pneumonia not from the heart, which is “good”.

Fathom has since been taken off the ventilator but due to the pneumonia his recovery will be a slow one. I’d like to thank Fathom’s brother for taking the time to let us know what’s going on and offer my good wishes to Fathom to get well soon.
There’s another whole crop of young SEOs that could use his influence.

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