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Chang's Turn

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Growing up and even now we always believed our dad was invincible, he could do everything. He's the restaurant cook, the bartender, the janitor, the mechanic, maycie's seamstress (true story our dad hemmed Maycie's prom dress), and the guy who sends you soup when he hears you're sick.

Maycie and I have always grown up watching our dad help others. Our road trips that would normally take two hours turned in to eight hours because our dad would stop to help any car he saw on the road. There was never a problem to small or to big that he wouldn't try to fix for someone else. That's why writing this is so hard.

But now it's our turn to ask for help. On Super Bowl Sunday, Chang was at his restaurant Tipps Thai by himself preparing his famous Thai Honey Garlic Ribs for a friend's party. Around 1:30pm one of Chang's friends saw the closed sign on the front door of the restaurant and like many of us would, he put looked into the window and knocked on it to see if Chang was in there. Hurray! Chang was there! But he was making funny faces at the friend. Chang crawled to the front door towards the friend and managed to unlock the front door. The friend immediately called 911 and other ventura locals who noticed Chang and contacted his family before the ambulance arrived.

That Sunday Chang had a stroke and lost mobility on his left side. He is slowly gaining strength back but will require at least another two weeks in the hospital to under go rehab so that he can come home and be as independent as possible. We hope that the can regain enough strength to do what he loves most. Cooking for family and friends.

Any help people are able to give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so so much

Love,
April and Maycie

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April Mesa
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Ventura, CA

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