from Debbie

What a nightmare. But knowing this enormous web of friends is praying for us and keeping us in your hearts makes me feel stronger. Sometimes I feel it is a bad dream and I will wake up and find that none of this is even real. My boys are my rock. It makes me so proud to see them take control and "do what Jim would do for us"...we will continue to search every avenue no matter where it takes us. We love you all. We are constantly updating Jim whenever anyone contacts us and you have no idea how it warms his heart. He seems better tonight. He is actually talking with the boys about how bad the Browns suck. His procedure on Friday will tell us what our next step will be. Know that the Ruttenberg twins are not giving up! They are awesome. Good night all. Deb

Walking Around

Hey everyone... Dad is up and walking around the hospital. You know how much of a busy body he is? Our next step to pray that he is able to get his surgery on Friday. Yep, surgery is a good thing here... We are fortunate to have one of the best docs for this in the world and he is very aggressive and wont take no for an answer! We will give you an update tomorrow. Sweet dreams pops!

Still sleeping.....

1st Update

Hey everyone, first we just wanted to say thanks to everyone for your thoughts and prayers during our difficult time. We will be updating this blog whenever we have an update for you.
Jim is in Tampa General Hospital with bile duct cancer. As you can imagine it has been a big shock for us given his healthy manner. At this point they have done surgery to put in stents in his upper bile ducts in order to help drain the bile. That has relieved some of the pressure of the bile building up in his liver and his system. At this point they are waiting on some of the inflammation of the ducts to go down in order to go in and remove the tumor... they will attempt this either on Friday or Monday. Jim is on pain medication at this point and sleeping ALOT! Tomorrow (Thursday) he should be a little more awake and able to talk more. Thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers... keep 'em coming!