I hate to seem moralfaggy but until he went under from surgery I was pretty blase about the entire deal. Now he's actually going through it, I'm getting the 'hope everything goes okay' thing I get for basically anyone in mortal danger. It's optimistic, but I think he might be able to recover, both phyiscally and in terms of personality - he isn't, say, Chance Carmichael. He's not a horrible leech on society, just a kind of annoying person who's not very likeable past his internet persona. Also, he's a human being.
However, if he did die, the shakeup should be interesting to observe - he's moderately e-famous.