#13: All Pain 😮… No Gain? 🙄

The bad news: severe pain (and Millisse) drove Jay to the hospital Friday night.

The good news: they figured out why.

The other bad news: a tumor on Jay’s pancreas grew and blocked the ‘outlet’ duct, causing the pain.

The other good news: they got Jay’s bowels moving again 💩, and they’re going to put a stent in to bypass the pancreas blockage, so hopefully that will reduce the pain.

Up in the air: getting the chemo infusion started ASAP, either in Chicago or Champaign.

Speaking of ‘air’💨: we referred to something called the Crepetation Contest, brought on, so to speak, by one of the ‘after effects’ of uncloging Jay’s lower GI. Hey, you should know by now that when they go low, we go lower. Well, Gary had the contest cued up, but never played it… we moved on. So if you’re curious, here it is: https://youtu.be/uPplyQWf-u4?si=GFb0oeFPcnyXEWwW

Turns out that it was produced in 1946, and the origin is somewhat mysterious. We obtained it as teens in the mid ‘60s, maybe on tape? The link goes to something called “Part One”, but ends where I remember the program ending. I’ll let you search for more, if you’re interested.