My Best Friend needs your help!

My name is Ryan Jeske, I’m a Prescott local and I’m fundraising for my best friend and his wife.

My best friend Moses came down with Covid-19 back in November and had been in the hospital ever since. He was on a ventilator, he had multiple heart attacks and had to be revived numerous times. Today, 1/9/22 Moses left this plain of existence after months of horrible struggle and fighting for his life in a place that I know he hated and did not feel safe or comfortable. Not that YRMC is bad by any measure, but its just the type of guy he was. He wanted to be home in familiar surroundings but was stuck in a sterile hospital environment and I know how hard that was for him. He has multiple family members who also lost their lives to this “thing” over the last year including his Father and one of his closest Cousins. The loss in his life has been mind-numbing and I’m sure that made his struggle all the more scary. I feel so bad that all I could do was sit here and pray for my friend.

The last time I spoke to Moses he was in the ICU and reluctantly face-timed me, pride was a resistance factor. He didn’t want anyone to see him vulnerable but to me I saw a brave man fighting hard for his life. He was on Oxygen and barely able to speak, just a few words at a time, but the last thing we said was that we loved each other. I’m so grateful I had the opportunity to tell him that while he was still able to hear it.

The Pandemic was difficult enough for Moses and his wife and now that he has spent 2 months in the hospital things couldn’t be worse. I’m not asking for anything you can’t afford to give, but I am asking that if you’re someone who likes to help real people in need, in our local community, please consider giving Moses’ wife Rosa an opportunity to mourn her husbands loss properly without having to fear losing her home or not having the money for her next meal.

Moses was a man of few words, he was misunderstood but deep down he was one of the most caring, loving and loyal people I have ever known. We became friends because our wives were friends and they finally dragged us into the same room. It didn’t take long for us to realize that we both could trust one-another and a very deep friendship took place over the next 4 years or so. He was my best friend and now he’s gone and I’m devastated. But I know that what my friend would want, more than anything is that his wife and family be taken care of. So please, if you have the means, consider helping out my friend and his wife. It would truly change the world for Rosa in the darkest of times.

Rest well my friend, you will be missed. My world was a bigger and better place with you in it and the piece lost this morning cannot be replaced. I love you brother.