Josh “Pookie” Quijada via GoFundMe
“Dear PoPville,
My boyfriend, Josh “Pookie” Quijada, had a stroke last Monday. He’s a healthy 34-year-old and doctors are still trying to figure out what happened, but he’s very lucky to be alive.
Josh was the first bartender hired at Lyman’s 8 years ago and I was hoping to share his fundraiser. He will need a lot of time to recover and he’s facing a lot of medical bills.
Josh is well known around DC – on our first date, three separate people walked up to me and told me what a good guy he was and that has proven to be completely true. I was with him when he had his stroke, three days after our first anniversary.
Additionally, I was hoping to find a way to thank two women who stayed with me and flagged down the ambulance when I was on the phone with 911 and desperately trying to keep him awake. I don’t know who they were, but I am so grateful to them. His stroke happened around 3pm on August 1, close to logan circle.”