I just read this... Of course I will be wishing Jim the best. Thank God you can be there for him, Desiree. Jim has a great tallent and I'm sure everyone who can help out by sending a little cash will want to. There is so little most of us can do for Jim in a situation like this- almost everying we could send except money would go over the net and be impossible for him to see. This must be incredibly difficult for Desiree as well. If there is anything we can do for you, Des, please let us know.
I don't doubt for one moment that Jim can beat this. No matter how overwhelming a thing like this may seem at first, I don't think there's anything that can keep an artist like Jim from his work.
-----Original Message-----
From: jmhcustomart [mailto:jmhcustomart_at_yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 4:56 PM
To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SkunkworksAMA] !!!!URGENT!!!!
I'm writing this from Jim's account because it allows me to send the
letter as a Special Message.
Jim had to go to an eye doctor today. There's a possibility he may
lose his eyesight. Jeezus, I'm crying so hard I can barely read the
keyboard.
From what he told me, both of his eyes are bleeding internally. The
doctor said it was due to his diabetes. His left eye is worse,
because there's some swelling and the blood vessels are rerouting
themselves somehow (I'm not too clear on it).
I know Jim doesn't pray, and I haven't been to church in a long time,
but please, I beg you, if you can, please say a prayer for him. He's
too proud to ask for help, but he said he's probably gonna run
another auction thing this weekend to help pay for surgery (if it
will work in this case). He doesn't have insurance yet from his job,
but he hopes to get some of the money owed to him by Rabbit Valley.
Oh God, I don't know what to do. I've never seen him scared like
this. Fuck, I've never seen him CRY, even when a bunch of his
relatives died within a year or two of each other.
I think I'm more scared because he once told me his sole reason for
getting up every morning was looking forward to creating new art. He
said if he ever lost his eyes that he wouldn't have a reason to go
on. I dunno if he was joking or not, but I kinda doubt it. I don't
want anything to happen to him, but I don't know what to do!
I don't know what other groups he's on, but if any one of you would
be kind enough to maybe pass this information on, I would be forever
grateful. I'm sorry to have to post such a bad letter, but I thought
it was important that you all know. Please help.
Desiree Lee
Received on Fri Apr 19 2002 - 17:23:15 CDT