JULY 17 2008 EVENING UPDATE (POSTED BY BRANDI)

The results of the spinal tap are back and Jeff does have meningitis and lymphoma (in or near brain). They are injecting the chemotherapy directly into his spine so that it will be carried directly to the areas that need to be treated. Forgive me if these details are somewhat elementary, I am trying to understand what Tina is trying to understand from the doctors that are treating Jeff. He is sedated for the most part and wakes every once in a while to say hi to his mom and groan. The next dose of chemotherapy will be on Monday as Jeff will be spending the rest of the week and weekend at Emory.