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Jimmy Hartley
Benefit Scheduled to Help a Dispatchers Brother!

To Whom It May Concern: On May 7th , my brother Jimmy Hartley suffered a massive stroke (the first of a series of strokes) and lay near death in a Modesto Hospital. His right cerebellum was completely obliterated, with damage spreading into the left cerebellum, brain stem and parietal area. To relieve pressure on the brain that surely would have killed him in a day or two, surgeons removed the portion of the cerebellum that had died. However, the clot itself that started it all was inoperable and remains a threat.

Numerous other procedures later, Jimmy has shown some progress but has many struggles ahead of him. He is now breathing on his own and his trach has been removed though still being fed through a g-tube. Although he is not able to stay awake for long periods of time he is now able to move his right leg, arm and hand and respond to commands so cognitively we know he’s still in there.

This crisis has left Jimmy, his wife, and son without a source of income. He recently started a new job, so medical insurance had not yet kicked in. As you can imagine he has already amassed enormous medical and other bills that will continue to grow. Yesterday, he was transferred to a rehab facility in San Jose. We still don’t know how much functionality he will be able to recover but it was just a few weeks ago hospital staff was talking to us about organ donation. So any time we have with him now is a gift.

Jimmy has spent the last 20 years working as an installer and tech for Motorola and other wireless firms, installing and repairing MDT’s, radios, light bars, sirens and misc. emergency equipment for public safety agencies throughout the central valley and Nevada, but his first love is music. He is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Studebaker Blues Band:
Bay area and Central Valley blues bands have organized a benefit concert July 16th in Modesto: http://www.studebakerblues.com/Jim my_Hartley_Benefit2.html

Proceeds will go to help Jimmy and his family. His band’s latest CD (Pedal to the Metal) is also available for sale via the website or by contacting me at the phone number below. The band has agreed to donate 100% of sales to Jimmy and his family as well. If you would kindly forward this to anyone who might be interested in helping Jimmy and his family, I’d be most grateful. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Richard Hartley 925-337-5622
Communications Supervisor/Alameda County Regional Emergency Communications Center

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