Elzer Ramos - Mini Stroke

-Mr. Elzer Ramos...My BFF for 35 years! Everyone who knows me, my good friends or family know exactly what a giving, loving, talented person Elzer is. Everyone who really "knows" Elzer, especially his family knows exactly who he is. For 35 years Elzer still has the same laugh, the same smile - same dimples. Not much has changed about Elzer over the past 35 years other than, suffering a stroke on his drive back to Nashville after driving 13 hours each way to finally visit me and my family in PA for Thanksgiving. And I still think "really, a stroke" and why do such things happen to the best? I generated a flyer, which I posted at both facilities where I work...exposing very personal details of our friendship, including photos that shared our time together in Philadelphia with my son Christian and photos of my wedding to my husband Christopher, that were taken by Elzer - My Best man, our best man. I shared details about my friend suffering a stroke to my colleagues who don't know him....and I said within my flyer (or better yet, another way to reach good people with good hearts)... "why do I tell you all of this, why do I tell you things that are so personal to me", because THAT is what you do for a true friend, and Elzer is that to me and to my husband who instantly "clicked" with Elzer, and now to my son who finally met Elzer on Thanksgiving and instantly adored him! Since we were very young Elzer has been a self-taught brilliant photographer...took some brilliant photos of me, capturing my youth and capturing my wedding, capturing some of the best and worst times of my life. As the years passed, Elzer's talent only grew and he is meant to continue to follow his passion, his work as a photographer. So it is my plea to Elzer's true "friends" or even just those who care for someone who is a true friend to help us reach our humble goal. I have been amazed by how many of my friends and colleagues who have never met my friend Elzer who donated without a second thought because they either know him through me or as my one darling friend put it "what matters to you matters to me" xoxo! I am blown away by our mutual friends from high school or the club days who stepped up without question, and for my family who jumped to help my friend. YOU are all amazing. Let's please continue to pull together and give anything at all to get Elzer out of rehab (was in ICU for 5 days and live in rehab since and I hate the thought of that) and back to his life, his passions, back behind his camera....and help get that left dimple back! If everyone gave just a little we would blow our goal out of the water. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for what you've given so far WE ARE HALF WAY THERE in 13 days, let's make it all the way for Elzer or for a friend who loves Elzer as much as I do and my family does, as much as our mutual friends do and Elzer's friends and family do!! xoxo