Fundraiser for DJ Behrouz Nazari

On the night of April 24th, 2022, Behrouz Nazari suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke while he was about to play at a festival in Santa Barbara, CA. He was quickly flown to a hospital in Santa Barbara, where a CT scan confirmed bleeding on the left side of his brain caused by high blood pressure. Doctors quickly induced a coma on Behrouz, and he remained in a coma for two weeks to allow the swelling in his brain to go down and for the bleeding to heal. While the latter procedures were successful, Behrouz ultimately lost sufficient oxygen to his brain, causing paralysis on his right side and speech impairment.

The next part of Behrouz’s journey has been extremely difficult for him and his family. He has had multiple hospitalizations (almost 5 in total!), just recently suffered a second stroke, and is in a coma in the CCU in Los Angeles. As a result of this unforeseen medical trauma, Behrouz is experiencing some common but debilitating stroke effects, namely speech aphasia (inability to speak) and persistent severe right-side deficiency. While he had already started to undergo rehab therapy and was making progress, his family is struggling to deal with the second stroke and the unforeseen setbacks it will have on his prior progress. We hope to assist Behrouz and his family with medical bills for his multiple hospital stays and related treatments that are crucial to restoring his health and independence.

To regain necessary life skills, his therapists have determined that Behrouz requires a lot of additional speech therapy and will continue to need physical and occupational therapy. Goals established by his therapists include: work on right-side mobility (arm and leg), intensive speech therapy, daily living skills, and essential self-care (i.e., occupational therapy). Behrouz's most important goal is to return home and lead a joyful and fulfilling life with this second chance. Based on the skills he develops and the milestones he achieves, that roadmap may shift; but his goal is to be home in Miami and one day out on the dancefloor, putting smiles on your faces again. It is a long road to recovery, but Behrouz and his family remain hopeful that he will make new pathways and achieve an active and fulfilling “new normal”!

The next few months are crucial to his recovery. We appreciate your generosity (truly, anything helps) and his family cannot thank you enough for your prayers during this difficult time.

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A sample of the brilliance that is Behrouz’s music:

https://soundcloud.com/djbehrouzofficial/sets/burning-man?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing