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Rebuilding old hearts is expensive
Doc Radawski has been on Roatan since 1972 and has become an icon of the dive industry over the many years. He has appeared on TV in a few productions- the one he is known best for is the "Crystal Skulls" stories where he had some intimate contact with those searching for Roatan's fabled pirate treasure. For many years, he was the "go to" man on Roatan for compressor repair, he now has trained his replacement. He was the "keeper" of Mary's Place while it was closed-off and coordinated the scientific surveys of it's recovery.
Here's the GO FUND ME link: Rebuilding old hearts is expensive by Jim Radawski - GoFundMe
What this post is all about...
Last Monday morning, June 15, 2015 I went to Nurse Andrea's clinic at CoCoView Resort, to have my blood pressure checked. I had not been feeling well. At her instruction, I moved from the chair to the bed, so oxygen could be administered. When Andrea next looked at me, my face was purple, and I was clinically dead.
Due to Andrea's and Patty Grier's quick action I revived but barely. The whole CoCoView Staff pitched in to help move me. First to Wood's Hospital in Coxen's Hole on Roatan. Than I was air evacuated to CEMESA Hosipital in San Pedro Sula on the main land of Honduras.
Once in CEMESA things moved very quickly. The cardiologist confirmed I had a massive blockage of my coronary artery and heart arrhythmia. I was immediately scheduled for angioplasty and a pace maker implant. By 8pm Monday night I was back in my bed in ICU and late Tuesday afternoon, the doctor discharged me from hospital.
Approximately, 72 hours later, I was back at CoCoView, where it all began.
Unfortunately, I have little or no health insurance and find myself alive, well but deeply in debt.
Any financial help will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Doc Radawski
Here's a note about him:
He has been an intregal part in the diving industry and preserving the beauty of the Bay Islands. All the dive sites you go to? Doc found them. The moorings that protect the reef? Doc set them. The Prince Albert in the front yard? Doc sunk it. The bar in the clubhouse? Doc has protected it as well. Please make an effort to pay back to a great man. It will pay forward someday."
Donate at GO FUND ME link: Rebuilding old hearts is expensive by Jim Radawski - GoFundMe
Doc Radawski has been on Roatan since 1972 and has become an icon of the dive industry over the many years. He has appeared on TV in a few productions- the one he is known best for is the "Crystal Skulls" stories where he had some intimate contact with those searching for Roatan's fabled pirate treasure. For many years, he was the "go to" man on Roatan for compressor repair, he now has trained his replacement. He was the "keeper" of Mary's Place while it was closed-off and coordinated the scientific surveys of it's recovery.
Here's the GO FUND ME link: Rebuilding old hearts is expensive by Jim Radawski - GoFundMe
What this post is all about...
Last Monday morning, June 15, 2015 I went to Nurse Andrea's clinic at CoCoView Resort, to have my blood pressure checked. I had not been feeling well. At her instruction, I moved from the chair to the bed, so oxygen could be administered. When Andrea next looked at me, my face was purple, and I was clinically dead.
Due to Andrea's and Patty Grier's quick action I revived but barely. The whole CoCoView Staff pitched in to help move me. First to Wood's Hospital in Coxen's Hole on Roatan. Than I was air evacuated to CEMESA Hosipital in San Pedro Sula on the main land of Honduras.
Once in CEMESA things moved very quickly. The cardiologist confirmed I had a massive blockage of my coronary artery and heart arrhythmia. I was immediately scheduled for angioplasty and a pace maker implant. By 8pm Monday night I was back in my bed in ICU and late Tuesday afternoon, the doctor discharged me from hospital.
Approximately, 72 hours later, I was back at CoCoView, where it all began.
Unfortunately, I have little or no health insurance and find myself alive, well but deeply in debt.
Any financial help will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Doc Radawski
Here's a note about him:
He has been an intregal part in the diving industry and preserving the beauty of the Bay Islands. All the dive sites you go to? Doc found them. The moorings that protect the reef? Doc set them. The Prince Albert in the front yard? Doc sunk it. The bar in the clubhouse? Doc has protected it as well. Please make an effort to pay back to a great man. It will pay forward someday."
Donate at GO FUND ME link: Rebuilding old hearts is expensive by Jim Radawski - GoFundMe
