Woke up to this update. Awful.
Here is a note from Jess:
Dear friends -
Thank you for the overwhelming show of support for my husband Joe and our family. It’s difficult to express how much love we feel without choking up. We are incredibly grateful to the skateboarding and teamster community for spreading the word about Joe and sending messages of love, healing and support as well as donations.
As you can imagine we are in a state of shock but are doing our best to maintain. We are lucky to be surrounded by close family who have flown out to be with us. Joe’s parents and mine are here helping us cope and communicate with Joe’s doctors. Ansel and Taliesin are having a tough time without daddy but are hanging in.
It was important to Joe to get a handle on the situation before sharing more detail but it seems time. Joe was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer two weeks ago. He was prescribed a course of chemo to start at home. It was this medication that Joe reacted to resulting in a heart attack. Joe is currently in a medically induced coma. Doctors are monitoring him and trying to assess his situation. They're hoping to ween him off of sedation but there’s a lot that we won't know until more testing can be done.
Thank you again for your love and support, please keep sending positive thoughts our way. We’ll continue to update as we know more.
Love,
Jessica