The Dink Network

I'll provide the full code, although I have tried just stripping it all down to the core which is refilling its HP and that doesn't work either as I said.

  // Revive once if upgrade available
  int &stat;
  if (sp_custom("revived", &current_sprite, -1) == 0)
  {
	if (&dgupgrade >= 8)
	{
		sp_custom("revived", &current_sprite, 1)
		external("helper", "sparkles", &current_sprite);
		playsound(22, 22050, 0, 0, 0);
		if (&dgupgrade == 0)
		{
			&stat = &lifemax;
			&stat / 4;
		}
		if (&dgupgrade >= 1)
		{
			&stat = &lifemax;
			&stat / 3;
  		}
		if (&dgupgrade >= 5)
		{
			&stat = &lifemax;
			&stat / 2;
  		}
		sp_hitpoints(&current_sprite, &stat);
		goto loop;
	}
  }

The loop is found in the main() procedure.