196. 9 years ago I had an aneurysm and then during surgery a stroke. I was in a coma for 3 weeks; the stroke caused blindness and paralysis on my left side. Today I am fully recovered because God allowed me to fully participate in my rehabilitation. In the hospital they said 1. I would not survive. 2. turn off life support 3. if I survived I would not be able to walk or talk.

Here I am kicking butt. I dance salsa and I returned to my job as a financial executive. There is hope for Emilio as long as he has the will to work on his recuperation and the faith in God to sustain him. I wish him well.

Posted at 3:14PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by MonaB

197. Our prayers are with you and your Family, Get well Emilio

Posted at 10:08PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by Emilio Montalvo

198. Emilio the best to you in your recovery.....you are without a doubt one of the best in the Tejano industry and we all know Texans are strong and you'll pull thru just fine.

J.Garcia Houston/Tx

Posted at 4:27AM on Apr 3rd 2008 by J.Garcia

199. My thoughts and prayers go out to Emilo and his family at this time. I pray that he will continue to improve and make a full recovery.

May God Bless you Emilo!

Yolanda Gutierrez
Phoenix, AZ.

Posted at 5:32PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by Yolanda Gutierrez

200. Emilio has been a major part of Tejano and Tex-Mex music. He has been in several English speaking Ford spots for tv.. the voice of G. W. Bush when he was running for office in texas He has also realeased two english albums and his county album was named after his Miller Lite Sponsorship and english tv spots "Life is Good" Any one person who is hurt in an accident we should all hope they get better. As a radio dj for south texas i have had the chance to hang out with Emilio several times... What a great person and we all hope he gets well soon.

Posted at 6:56PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by QUE PASA 99.5

201. I Hope Emilio Navaira gets well soon. I'LL keep praying for him. I luv your musica!

Posted at 2:00PM on Apr 4th 2008 by Isabel Garza

202. Continued prayers for Emilio, his family and band members. Get well soon Emilio - you are an awesome entertainer, humanitarian and family man. God Bless!

Posted at 9:33PM on Apr 6th 2008 by Tejanita de Diamantes

203. Emilio appeared in Califas at the Orange County fair Costa Mesa a few times. Very entertaining. Texmex sound to me as a Chicano is more appealing than Norteno. Ive never heard little joe or emilio sing about drug deals . Emilio will live again to speak about his experience and lessons learned.

Posted at 12:11AM on Apr 8th 2008 by Texmexsound

204. I would like to extend my Well wishes and prayers to the Navaira Family.
It does not matter if he is popular or not, hispanic or not, rich or poor, grammy winner or not,
It matters that he is a human being who has family especially children and for everyone close to him, I wish him well and to the family I say Hold On to the great memories. He will be fine and With Faith and Love, God does bring miracles to our lives.
If we ignore the haters and ignorants, they will eventually stay out of here.
Today it's Emilio's family but tomorrow it could be your family.
Good luck Emilio.

Posted at 4:25PM on Apr 8th 2008 by Nina

205. hope he recovers soon a great tejano star great concerts

Posted at 7:37PM on Apr 9th 2008 by chula

206. He was a big crossover country music star (English) in the mid 1990's. Thta's how I came to be a fan. His song "I's not the end of the world, but it's a damn good start" is a classic.

Emilio, you and your family remain in our prayers. You will get well and sing again. Hang in there hun.

Posted at 12:27PM on Apr 19th 2008 by texasbelle5