HELLO
MY NAME IS ANITA, AND IM ASKING FOR YOUR HELP FOR MY HUSBAND JOE.  THIS IS HIS STORY

IM ONLY 49 YEARS OLD I AM A VERY STRONG MINDED PERSON (LEO), HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HYPER ACTIVE, FAST HARD WORKER. LOVE TALKING TO AND HELPINGPEOPLE.  BUT  A YEAR AND A HALF AGO I WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FEELING STRANGE. I THOUGHT IT WAS HEART BURN. MY WIFE RUSHED ME TO THE HOSPITAL. TO MY SURPRISE, THE DR. SAID I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK.  I RECEIVED TWO STENTS AND WENT HOME THE NEXT DAY.
A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I WAS STILL NOT FEELING RIGHT, MY FINGERS WERE NUMB SO I WENT BACK TO THE DOCTOR, TEST WERE TAKEN AND THEY FOUND A GROWTH WRAPPED AROUND MY SPINAL CORD THAT HAS BEEN GROWING FOR SOME TIME AND NEEDED SURGERY OR IT WOULD GET WORSE. BUT WHILE  RECOVERING FROM MY HEART ATTACK (1 1/2 YEARS LATER)   IT WAS GETTING WORSE, DAY BY  DAY. IT GOT SO BAD,  EVERY PART OF MY BODY WAS NUMB. I COULDN'T FEEL, I COULD HARDLY WALK, I COULDN'T LIFT MYSELF UP . THE PAIN WAS THE WORST . IT WAS LIKE AN ACCORDIAN WAS SQUISHING ME. BY THE TIME I WENT TO THE EMERGANCY ROOM. MY ENTIRE BODY WAS NUMB AND NOTHING WORKED. I COULD NO LONGER WALK LIFT MYSELF UP. I WAS LIKE JELLY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME.

 I WAS RUSHED TO EMERGANCY ROOM MAR 2ND . THE SURGEON PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE SURGERY.   
ON MAR  3RD AND 4TH,   IT TOOK TWO DAYS OF SURGERY TO REMOVE THE LARGE GROWING MASSED  WRAPPED AROUND MY SPINAL CORD .
THE FIRST SURGERY WAS 10 HOURS AND THEY REMOVED A TUMOR FROM MY SPINE/NECK AREA, REMOVED 4 BONES AND REPLACED WITH PLASTIC AND SCREWS. KEPT SEDATED. THE NEXT DAY I HAD A 4 HOUR SURGERY TO REMOVE THE OTHER PART OF THE TUMOR WHICH WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE MAIN ARTERY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY NECK.
I AM IN ICU RECOVERY IN AN SEDATED STATE BECAUSE MY BODY HAD BEEN THOUGH SO MUCH ITS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR ME TO RECOVER.  ITS GOING TO BE A LONG ROAD AHEAD.  WHEN OUT OF RECOVERY, NEXT STEP IS TO A REHABILITATION CENTER, WHERE I AM TO LEARN TO DO EVERYTHING AGAIN.
  
I AM ANITA JOE AND HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 19 YEARS.  I HAVE BEEN TAKING WELL TAKE OF JOE AND AM BY HIS BED SIDE EVERY DAY. I TALK TO HIM BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN HEAR ME YET. HE HAS BEEN UNDER SEDATION FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW. AND IS CURRENTLY ON A BREATHING TUBE.
I WILL ADD PICTURES AND PROVIDE UPDATES AND PROGRESS PEROIDICALLY
IT HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON US MONETARILY A BIT BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.   WE ARE GRACIOUSLY AND HUMBLY  SEEKING MONETARY ASSISTANCE. DUE TO THE LENGHTY TIME IT WILL TAKE TO RECOVER AND JOE'S FUTURE MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL NEEDS WILL BE OVERWHELLMING,  INCLUDING  REHABILITATION TRAVELS.  WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE SO WE ARE ASKING AND THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR GENORISITY AND PRAYERS FOR JOE.  ANY AND ALL FUNDS  WILL BE RESEPECTFULLY UTILIZED AND WILL BE GRATEFULLY RECEIVED.
ALSO ANY FAMILY/FREINDS THAT WANT TO SEND CARDS, WISHES OR EVENTUALLY VISIT JOE PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH  GOD BLESS