JOSEPH MONTES

Joey had a significant stroke on December 16. Follow along as he recovers and goes through intense rehab to regain basic functions on his left side. It is a long slow process of healing and recovery.



That amazing smile and those stunning eyes. No words could ever describe how much I miss you.

There are no words to describe how much I miss and how lonely I am without Dawnie. She was an incredible wife, partner, companion and best friend. She was all those things for me and a whole lot more. Without a doubt for me, she was my perfect matching puzzle piece and we just fit. I love her more every day. I fall more in love with her every day and I miss her even that much more every day. I know I will see her again someday very soon. I just wish I could kiss her hold her hand hear her voice and hug her one more time. She provided me so much and I feel like I’ve lost so much which I really have. I’ve lost my best friend the love of my life, my partner, my companion, my confident, and the only person that I have trusted with everything. That is a lot. I miss her. I hurt, i ache and I suffer because she’s no longer here. The boys miss their mother. I miss my wife. I miss the love of my life and my everything and I’m not ashamed to say it. Truth is I fall more in love with Dawnie every single day. I know what I’ve lost. I know the void in the hole that it’s left inside of me. I know what it’s taken from me and I know what she gave me. I know I will see her again someday soon . I know., Dawnie, without a doubt I love you more. I miss you more.. and I will be seeing you soon. I promise. I feel you and I’ve been dreaming of you so I know you’re around. Thank you for always taking care of me and loving me. Love you more. Click to Read full post..

7:36 PM 01/18/25

What sent me to the hospital on Oct 15th, 2024

It is now believed that what led me to the hospital from the St. Louis county jail on Oct 15th, was caused by a TIA (mini or pre-stroke). My high blood pressure coupled with all of the symptoms and signs and the medical records from Barnes Jewish have led my neurologist to conclude that it was experiencing a TIA (mini or pre-stroke).

Officer Christopher Partin, actions and conduct, are even more egregious and unprofessional. Partin, busted in, while I was being treated for a suspected heart attack in the Cardiac Trauma Emergency Room, and he couldn’t wait to read me the charging document, which he did and then after reading the document, decided to finally ask “what the fuck is he here for”, His conduct was unprofessional and put my life in jeopardy as I was suffering a TIA and his conduct could’ve resulted in me suffering a full-blown stroke.

After Partin leaves Officer Taggard and the other Officer tell me I should file a complaint against Partin, for his totally “unprofessional” and “dickish” behavior and conduct. His conduct and behavior were reckless endangerment of my life and he should be terminated and barred from ever wearing a badge again. Partin is a disgrace to the uniform and to the fine men and women who wear it with honor and integrity.

Both Officers advised me to sue St. Louis County for violating its own protocol and not taking me to the nearest hospital. This is why I’m suing St. Louis County other reasons.
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4:01 AM 01/18/25

I dont remember her, "Heather KIllebrew", at all. I know it seems weird, but I don't.

I know it all seems weird, but it is a fact, I don’t know the person that I have all this information about, with my stroke I lost a big chunk of my memory and this person, Heather Killebrew, is part of that memory loss. I know there’s a matter involving her and I which is going on and I know there is history with her, my boys and family tell me, but do I remember any of it or her, NO!! I have no idea, none.

I read these horrible emails and messages and awful things, which this person, Heather Killebrew, has sent me, I don’t remember her or any of this stuff at all.

As Cart likes to tell me, what was lost in the stroke needs to stay lost in the stroke, and that time that is missing, is better that is missing and is lost for good.

Cart has a way of talking to me, so, I can understand. He has been amazing and I am so proud of him. He sees me and is with me constantly and knows I’m nowhere near the same.

I am a very prideful, proud person, which makes these things difficult for me, but truth is truth, a stroke is a serious brain injury which causes brain damage. I have been brain damaged as sustained suffered a significant brain injury and it’s going to take a long time for it to heal, 12-18 months.

I know I’m not the same and I’m not all there or with it. My left eye was impacted and affected and everything to the left of me is blurry and out of focus and causes me to be so unsure of anything to the left of me. I still can’t feel most of the left side of my body. I just feel pressure but that’ll get better over time. The swelling goes down. As far as my eyesight goes, it may or may not and I’ve been told with the type of stroke I had most of the time it doesn’t improve much, but we will have to wait and see.
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2:16 AM 01/18/25

Google Gemini Summary of a April 10, 2024 email exchange between Heather Killebrew and myself.

* Heather Killebrew accuses Joseph of hurting her and causing pain, comparing him to someone who caused another person to commit suicide.
* Joseph acknowledges his immature and selfish behavior, while Heather expresses her hurt and anger.
* Heather accuses Joseph of pursuing other women and being dishonest, while Joseph denies these accusations.
* Heather states that she no longer wants contact with Joseph and will seek a restraining order.
* Joseph denies having a relationship with the person Heather mentioned and claims to have an unhealthy dependence on Heather.
* Heather expresses her desire to end the relationship and accuses Joseph of being dishonest and unfaithful.
* Joseph claims he is not pursuing anyone else and is sad that Heather feels that way.
* Heather demands that Joseph stop contacting her and untangle himself from her life.
* The conversation escalates with both parties expressing anger, hurt, and frustration.
* Joseph Montes and Heather Killebrew's disagreement escalates into a breakup.
* Heather accuses Joseph of hurting her and being unfaithful.
* Heather is angry and upset, and Joseph tries to explain his actions.
* Heather tells Joseph to stop contacting her and that she will get a lawyer.
* Joseph says he will move on and assumes Heather will too.
* Montes apologizes for his behavior and expresses his desire for change.
* Heather sends a final email accusing Joseph of watching porn and masturbating to it.
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2:16 PM 01/16/25

If you’re a bird, I’m a bird.

This is no knock on anyone, some people, want to make and diminish, discount and discredit what they don’t know to make themselves feel normal and to justify their awful behavior. So I’m going to skip and go right to the point. Somebody believes I’m a certain way, which I’m not and never have been. In no way am I beholden to somebody in St. Louis, that vessel of death and destruction has no bearing or influence or hold over me at all, if you want to know who does and why I am watch the notebook. Nobody loved allie the way Noah did and vice versa, that was the love story and relationship I had with Dawne. So if Dawne is a bird than I am a bird. I quite, frankly, don’t care what people think. I lived it. I loved it. I know it, and I still feel it. It fuels and engulfs me every day. And during the care flight from here to the hospital she was in my vision, just smiling, which brought me enormous, peace, calm and comfort, and she’s been with me every day since. Dawne and I had a relationship that was unique to us and how other people, who know absolutely nothing about it or lack the capability or capacity to even come close to that level of a relationship quite, frankly can kiss my ass because I don’t give a shit what nobody has to think or say. I don’t do stupid. I don’t do ignorant. I don’t do excuse makers after the stroke. I will never waste another second on anything less than.

Yesterday I severed all ties with Missouri , once and for all. I changed my phone number, the carrier and my phone. I will never have my mail forwarded, and I will just become a needle in a haystack.

I don’t do stupid and it is a huge waste of time, energy and effort, so I’m done with it. Won’t give it another thought nor any energy

It’s going to take me months upon months or a year or so to recover from a stroke that I had caused by an ankle bracelet that should’ve never been on my ankle because somebody put my mugshot on her front door, wouldn't take it down and refused and wouldn’t mail me back my shit. How fucking stupid that was.
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2:27 AM 01/07/25

celebration Day. Goal one achieved.

Today is a great day and a very scary day., I get released today from rehab and move into transition to outpatient. I am a long way away from being recovered. I suffered a major stroke to the upper right hemisphere of my brain. In fact, I have been brain damaged and still have lots of swelling in my brain. I can only feel pressure on the left side of my body, which they tell me is normal and could take up to a year to fully recover all the feeling if I'm going to. Whatever was lost in the stroke is lost in the stroke. I have to retrain my brain to do everything. I have amazed them, but that is really just gross motor skills. I won't be able to drive at all as my left eye is completely blurred and I don't trust anything on my left side. It takes a long time to process information on things that I see on the left side of me. My processing speed is way down and my attention span is none. If you’re trying to say something to me of any meaning, you better be done in 30 seconds or less. It it takes a lot of energy to pay attention and absorbed. And most of the energy is being used to just do basic movements on the left side of my body.

It's hard to describe, but if you saw when they had me close my eyes and tried to touch my earlobe with my left hand where my hand goes I have no idea where my hand is, and I have no idea where my left earlobe is. It takes enormous energy just to look at your thumb and try to make it twitch. It is very draining.. I have lost a ton of memory, which may not be a bad thing. I can barely move my left arm, and I have no fine skills with my left hand whatsoever. I can't hold my own phone in my left hand.

But I can walk, with the help of a walker. I'm not gonna get frustrated. As I may never be able to hold a golf club again and play golf or do things that I were doing outside, but I am going to give myself the OK to recover and heal. They have a saying around here and I love it. I am goddamn tougher than a stroke.

For the people who haven't had a stroke, you have no idea what that means.

I have regulated my blood pressure and it is under control now I'm going home with 18 prescriptions. My stroke was caused by a blood clot from my left leg because of the ankle bracelet. Even though it wasn't directly related to my smoking or high blood pressure I am not going to smoke ever again. but now I'm susceptible to having more strokes which I never want.

And the fact of the matter is and I proved it I'm still here and I'm still breathing and I'm going home. I am goddamn tougher than a stroke. Joey one stroke zero.

The stroke took a lot from me that will take a long time for me to retrain my brain to overcome, but I will because I'm not gonna let a stroke beat me
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5:40 AM 01/03/25

Holy Sh!t, Bat Girl!

Today was going through the financials, to file corporate bankruptcy by the end of the year. OMG!! Which led me to have to look at emails and oh my God, again. Holy sh!t! I had an idea, but not like this. Holy sh!t!

Side note. This person didn’t know Dawne at all. She denigrates, demeans and character assassinates Dawne, a person she didn’t know nor knew the person Dawne was. Dawne, was an incredibly strong, incredible woman. Dawne had her demon, but that was not me and never me. Dawne and I had an amazing relationship, partnership, friendship, and marriage.

Dawne never put people down, nor trashed them, nor said bad things about them. If she didn’t want to engage with someone because they were not her cup of tea, they weren’t in her or our universe and didn’t eat up one second of thought nor time of hers.

My Dawnie was a hard ass, tough as nails. You always knew where you stood with Dawne. She was the most authentic genuine real person I have ever known. She put on no airs and didn’t pretend to be something she wasn’t. You knew exactly where you stood with her.

She was my perfect matching puzzle piece. We just fit.

Remember, after all, I am her husband and it is a privilege and honor that she chose me to be. I didn’t choose for her to be gone. I would never choose that nor have chosen to live a life without her.

My Dawne was the most amazing incredible woman. An incredible person. An incredible mother and the very best partner, companion, friend and spouse a person could have. That is who my wife was and as her husband, I will honor her and protect her and her name to the day I take my last breath.
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11:44 PM 12/10/24