The one with the typical jay update and a few funny ads.....

Well, talked to Sheila (and my Mother, and my Father, and my Aunt, and my Cousin!) today and it looks like there is not really any more new news. Jay still is having a temp, but it is not as bad as it has been in the past, but 101.5 is still not fun for Jay.
They are giving him something that looks like a fruit drink for the possible fungus coating his vocal chords, and who knows what else. So they are still working on that. He got a new Central line in and it seems to be working good, so that is good news as well.
I will put Sheila's email that she sent out yesterday telling about Jays update and Birthday. So just in case you want to read that it is below:

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Sheila's Email:

Jan 15th, 2005

TODAY'S HIS BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's the big 35!

Today, Jay gets a broncoscopy for his birthday. They are going to look in his
lungs again because they found growths in his lungs. His white cell count is
now over a 1000 and that is going to help with the mucositis. They have set up
a colonoscopy for Monday because the full body CT Scan they did showed some type
of colitis.

I believe the doctors are trying to be extremely thorough this time since the
cancer eluded them last. He will be here at least through Tuesday I would
imagine.
We finally got a good sleeping regimen 2 pain pills and 1 Ativan keeps the pain
away and the aliens at bay.
Things are scary for him right now because they can't figure out where the high
fever is coming from. His blood cultures are negative and the PICC line came
back negative. They think the lungs hold the answer.
He ate for the first time yesterday when he had a small cup of rice pudding and
a small container of Jello. Then they told him he couldn't eat anything else
because of the procedure today.

They still have not put in another central line. They will put it in once the
fever is down.

For those of you who have been asking about me, I saw my Doctor yesterday and he
agreed to change my medication to the newly FDA approved drug Tysabri. I'm
celebrating no more intramuscular injections and no more flu once a week. I'll
start it in Feb. YEAH! This should help me stay healthy to help him.

They are about to do the bronoscopy so I need to go.

Take care,

Sheila

(added Jan 17th 7:41 am MST)

Jan 17th Morning:

Well, his Birthday went well and the Steelers were kind enough to win the game
for him. It must have been even more exciting when you're fighting the effects
of Demerol. He was in and out for the first part of the game but he wore the
terrible towel on his head (a birthday gift) to help them win (he was too tired
to wave it) at the end of the game.

The morning he is preparing to have a colonoscopy. They came in told us that
staph the infection has cleared from his blood but they found evidence of it in
his lungs. They are puzzled by this because it usually clears up everywhere
with the antibiotics. They said he may have to undergo another test to make
sure the infection is not effecting his heart.

He had another central line placed in his chest yesterday.

He is slowly getting better but they can't release him until the infection is
cleared. He has been in here 23 days and he is really ready to go home.

Take care everyone.

Sheila

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Now after talking to someone who liked the Honda ad (Tim) he told me about the trunk monkey ads, and so I did a search on them and thought I will allow yall to enjoy in the fun of these ads:

Trunk Money Ads

and just if you have not seen the office linebacker ads from Reebok you have got to see these: (please note that there is some curssing on these (sometimes they are bleeped out) but man they are so funny...especially if your from West Texas where everything is Football, heh.)

Terry Tate: Streaker Spoof

Terry Tate: Vacation

Terry Tate: Draft Day

Terry Tate: Office Athlete

There are more of these but I am not sure where you might be able to find them, because Reebok is no long producing them. but you might be bale to find them.

Sometimes in the midst of the hard times laughter is the best medicine! Also, if you have not purchased the Strong Bad Sings CD you need to get it (Thank you Jay and Sheila for a great Christmas gift! It is so funny and reminds me of the good old Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast CDs out there!

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Ok one last thing is my sermon I preached today in church it is a lot longer than what my normal sermons are, but this is a teaching sermon, and it is all Revelation...so if you want t dig in and get a refreshing understanding of Revelation...then enjoy this sermon.

Holy living In an Unholy World (don't forget you need to Download Adobe Reader to view the sermon. You can find the link on the right side of my blog under the links. Thanks! (feel free to discuss the sermon if you want in the comments of this blog or you can go the the church weblink in the sermon and talk about it there if you like. Thanks!)

(almost all of the facts came from Dr. Mulholland an amazing Professor that I took for Revelation in Seminary...oh and if you think that seminary's do not have a sense of humor, the class number is 666, ha ha ha. Oh man that cracked me up, heh!)

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Thank you all for your prayers for Jay and please KUTPs!!!!!!!!!!! love ya and God bless yall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!