Friday-Saturday (3/7-3/8)

An MRI was done at LeBonheur Thursday night. It revealed bruising of the left front of Jason's brain. This is the cause of the seizures. The MRI also showed extensive bruising of the muscles on the right side of Jason's back. He also has one disk in his back that has shifted, one bulging and swelling in that area that is affecting the nerves.

Thursday Jason had another terrible night trying to sleep due to the excruciating pain in the bottom of his left foot.

It does appear that the seizure medication is working and Jason has not had another seizure since starting the medication.

The Memphis Tigers brightened the day for patients at LeBonheur on Friday. With assistance from Kevin Furniss, we requested that a player visit Jason. Jason was delighted to have Derrick Rose come to his room, have their picture made and receive a personalized autograph.

Friday night he finally sleep after being given two different nerve medications, seizure medication and a sleep aid. Saturday we were hopeful the pain had decreased, but the early morning optimism seemed to be just from the fact that Jason had rested. He dozed almost the entire day on Saturday. Around 9pm he was given a patch to apply directly to the bottom of his left foot. Due to the terrific pain, Jason can not straighten his leg or even tolerate anyone touching the sole of his foot.

Please pray for the doctors to have wisdom on how to treat the nerve pain, for the nerves to heal, for Jason to regain use of his left leg, for the bruising in the brain to heal, for Mike while he is trying to juggle work and family needs and for the decisions that we make concerning Jason and his future schooling.