FLYER:

HELLO,
MY NAME IS DAWN MATAVA. MY NEPHEW IS TONY CALVITTI. HE IS A 2005 GRADUATE
OF NORTH OLMSTED HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SON OF MY SISTER DANA AND HER LATE
HUSBAND JIM. JIM WAS A NORTH OLMSTED POLICE OFFICER AND PASSED AWAY IN
2006. TONY IS ONLY 22 YEARS OLD AND HAS SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT HAVE
RESULTED IN MUCH OF THIS YEAR BEING HOSPITALIZED. TONY HAS TWO BLOOD
DISORDERS THAT CAUSE HIS BLOOD TO CLOT. HE STARTED THE YEAR OUT TRAVELING
TO COLORADO TO GO TO COLLEGE THERE. SOON AFTER HE ARRIVED, HE WAS SHOWING
SIGNS OF TROUBLE. HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A SHORT TIME. A COUPLE OF
WEEKS LATER WAS BACK IN THE HOSPITAL FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS. HE WAS
HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING AND WAS GETTING MORE CLOTS. THEY WANTED HIM TO GET
WELL ENOUGH TO COME BACK HOME TO OHIO. THEY WERE ABLE TO STABILIZE HIM
ENOUGH TO GET BACK HOME. HIS CONDITION WAS GETTING WORSE AND HE WAS
HOSPITALIZED SEVERAL MORE TIMES UNTIL HE WAS REFERRED TO THE CLEVELAND
CLINIC. ONCE THE CLEVELAND CLINIC LOOKED AT HIM THEY SUGGESTED A PROCEDURE
THAT IS SIMILAR TO OPEN HEART SURGERY WHERE THEY GO IN AND LITERALLY CLEAN
OUT YOUR LUNGS. YOU MUST BE A CANDIDATE FOR THIS SURGERY AND GO THROUGH
TESTING TO SEE IF YOU ARE INDEED SUITABLE FOR THIS DELICATE OPERATION. TONY
WAS ONCE AGAIN PUT IN THE HOSPITAL. AFTER TESTING HIM, THEY FOUND THAT HE
WAS IN WORSE CONDITION THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. HIS PULMONARY PRESSURE WAS
ALARMING AND HIS HEART SHOWED SIGNS OF DISTRESS.

WE WERE GIVEN A NOT SO BRIGHT OUTLOOK ON HIS FUTURE. THE DOCTORS FELT HE
WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HAVE THE SURGERY AND HE HAD ALSO GOTTEN SCABIES
FROM ONE OF HIS HOSPITAL STAYS. WE WAITED UNTIL HE WAS STRONG ENOUGH FOR
THE SURGERY. HE WAS NOT GETTING BETTER. WE WERE TOLD THAT 80% OF HIS LUNGS
WERE FILLED WITH BLOOD CLOTS. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, THEY TOLD HIS MOTHER THAT
HE WAS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE AND WAS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY. THE
DOCTORS ALSO FELT THAT HE WOULD NOT SURVIVE THE SURGERY. IT WAS DECIDED
THAT THE SURGERY WAS HIS ONLY CHANCE. AFTER 5-½ HOURS OF SURGERY, HE MADE
IT. DOCTORS AT THE CLINIC ARE CALLING HIM A MIRACLE. HE CONTINUES TO
STRENGTHEN AND GET BETTER EVERY DAY. HIS PROGRESS IS REMARKABLE.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE HAS BEEN THROUGH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUFFERING. IT
HAS BEEN AN UPHILL BATTLE BUT HE IS FIGHTING HIS WAY THERE.

MY FAMILY HAS PLANNED A BENEFIT IN HIS HONOR ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2010. EVEN
WITH HEALTH INSURANCE, THE MEDICAL BILLS ARE IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS.

HIS MOTHER, BEING A SINGLE PARENT, HAS TRIED TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE
MEDICAL BILLS. TONY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
YEAR. WE ARE ASKING FOR ANY DONATION THAT YOU CAN MAKE FOR OUR BENEFIT IN
SEPTEMBER. IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO DONATE ANY ITEMS, THERE IS A FUND SET UP
FOR TONY AT ANY FIFTH THIRD BANK LOCATION.


IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DONATE SOMETHING, PLEASE CONTACT :


DIANE HARPER @ 440-387-8231 OR MIDGE PRYBIS @ 440-227-4394.


THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS VERY WORTHY CAUSE.