Friday, June 17, 2005 Update

The following is an update from a conversation Dottie Began had with Jerry'sDaughter Leslie yesterday [June 16, 2005]:

I [Dottie] just spoke with Leslie. She said that they did surgery on Jerry today [6/16/05]. They put the permanent shunt into his brain to relieve the pressure. This will apparently release the fluid into his body. The doctors believe that this was causing him not to be as responsive, and that now they should see marked improvement. Also, they are trying to wean him off of the trach. They have been shifting him around from floor to floor and room to room, Roz is now staying with him in his room and his mother comes up to relieve Roz so she can go home for short periods. He still is unable to have visitors.