JQ update

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Quick health

update: The conclusion to the hospital stay was that I had suffered a very

severe case of C-Diff which is a bacterial infection caused by

antibiotics. It probably started during the last hospitalization a few

weeks back and then just got worse and worse until I couldn't ignore it any

more. When I checked into Baylor Wednesday, my blood counts had

dipped way down again and although the bone marrow did not detect any

lymphoma, the oncologist told Dr. Hamilton last week that if I did not get off

of the Prograf (my antirejection drug), that I would end up with cancer.

This is truly a catch-22 b/c I have to be on Prograf to stay

alive, however, they are hoping that I can stay on a VERY small dose of it

along with the Prednisone with acceptable results. He reiterated that the

only way all of this is going to work is by the doctors following me more

closely than ever before. As I said in my last email, the AIH

(auto-immune hep) is something that can take off and destroy the liver at any

time, so we've got to pray about that a lot and watch it closely.