Information below is OUR interpretation of Jess's condition,
as obtained through observation and talks with hospital staff.
It in no way represents any guarantees or conclusions by attending medical
professionals ...
May 25, 2002 2:30 am, Saturday
for those of you who don't already know, Jess was hit by a car causing a
leg fracture and severe blow to the lower left back of his head. He was
quickly transported to the trauma unit of San Francisco General by Tod who was
first on the scene and instrumental in getting Jess the immediate care he
needed, and getting him quickly to the trauma unit via ambulance. Charles,
a social worker at SF General, immediately contacted us, greeted us at the
emergency room, and provided comfort and information.
At the trauma unit, Jess was immediately
taken into surgery by Dr. Larson, a neurosurgeon, who removed part of
Jess's skull, a normal procedure to release the pressure building on his
brain. He was then transferred to I.C.U. where he is now in critical
but somewhat stable condition. He is in a non-induced coma, on life
support, with a private nurse at his side 24-hours a day. Julio is
his first nurse.
Inspector Jim Ramsey from the night
investigations unit of the San Francisco Police Department, and members of
his staff, were on the case immediately (3 am), and were able to locate
the hit-and-run car. Jim, along with Inspector Hall, and officer John
Mulkern are all following up on the event. We are thankful for their
professional and thorough efforts.
May 25, 2002 6am +, Saturday
Jess was visited by many of his close friends and family. Thank
you for all of your support. Your presence, and physical and
emotional touches were a blessing and we are confident they were all felt
in some way by Jess.
May 25, 2002 7pm, Saturday
the staff of the I.C.U. unit advised us that due to potential
infection and other complications, only Heather and Jess's immediate
family are permitted to visit him from this time until he is transferred
out of I.C.U.
Doctors advised that the next three days
are very critical in his recovery. We understand that during this
period of time the brain will respond to the trauma by swelling and will
then hopefully begin returning toward normal. As he begins to come
out of his coma, they will know more about the extent of his injuries.
We will post this information daily.
May 25, 2002 6 -9pm, Saturday
We gathered from a phone conversation with his nurse, Jess was expressing
some eye movements, coughing, and starting to lift his left arm which we
understand to be the first very early signs they look for in
the process of coming out of his coma.
May 26, 2002 6:45 am, Sunday
Diane was Jess's nurse through the night, no negative turns...
Jess had a good and uneventful night. His vital signs are still
somewhat stable. His level of response has not improved from
yesterday. A neck down X-Ray yesterday revealed only the leg
fracture, but no apparent other internal injuries. He is passing and
receiving significant levels of fluids which does not appear to be
problematic.
Cranial (brain) pressure has remained at
reasonable levels throughout yesterday and throughout the night.
This is the goal everybody is now working toward to maintain quality of
life for Jess and pave the way toward reasonable recovery.
We appreciate all your prayers and
thoughts ... Personally, in
the short term, We are trying to visualize keeping Jess's brain
pressure low ...
May 26, 2002, Sunday morning visit ...
Rivka, a nurse at the hospital spent time with us last night sharing
her 18 years of experience with this type of trauma. She helped us
get a grip, trust the medical staff, and get a good night sleep in
preparation for times ahead. She said "let us handle the numbers
...". This allowed us to arrive refreshed this morning and get a
look at Julio, Jess's profesional nurse, artfully performing his magic of
Life Support.
May 26, 2002 10pm, Sunday
Great presence of friends again at the hospital today. Doctor
expressed cautious optimism. Word was Jess's pupils might be
expressing a positive trend. Still not the voluntary response signs
we want. And a disturbing hint about how things may not be quite the
same...
We are in the middle of the 72 hour critical
period where Jess's brain is expanding on its way toward hopefully
contracting. Seems to us this evening through tomorrow is a critical
period. Please help us visualize keeping the brain pressure low...
we have a ways to go ...
We just talked with Diane, his night nurse,
and his brain pressure has gone up slightly, and she has had to drain the
fluid twice in the last two hours to keep the pressure at an acceptable
level. If it gets to high, they may have to do another operation to
remove more skull bone to allow for expansion, but this is only after
other options have been exercised.
Visualize the brain
pressure low ... allow for the expansion ...
Please keep the journal email entries on the
website coming, the Journal is expanding as we speak... Jess is going to
love it.
The man driving the car that hit and run
Jess, has turned himself into the police. No details yet...
Sweet dreams Jess ... we love you and miss
you ...
May 27th 3 am, Monday
Called Diane and Jess's conditions are the same ...
Seems pupils might be trending toward the same size,
apparently, still no reaction to light ...
May 27th 6:40 am, Monday
Diane called and said Jess had a reasonably stable night ...
He experience one setback during the night,
a collapsed lower lung,
which they were able to stabilize ...
Let us know what you need Jess ...
May 27, 2002 8:41 pm, Monday
Jess has such an amazing network of friends,
and they return daily ...
we are amazed and grateful ...
we will have more pics as time goes on ...
The day started with a report from Diane that Jess had a stable night, but
experienced a collapsed lung (lower area) in the night and was
developing a little pneumonia in the lower part of one of his lungs.
Upon arrival at the hospital Julio pointed out to us that the sedentary
nature of a person on life support sometimes leads to an infection in the
lower part of the lungs due to a lighter than normal circulation of air in
that area. He said they were removing the resperator periodically
and blowing (bagging) air deep into his lungs to help the situation.
All seemed well with Jess by the time we arrived. He was also
developing a bit of a sinus infection.
The day unfolded well. Jess had made it through another critical
period, and Julio was kind enough to allow visitor after visitor as he
took over the orchestration of life support from Diane. Quite simply
put, they are pros.
We all felt a hint of Jess's unfolding presence and talked about how he
has always been very cautious about how he approaches situations. We
concluded that he would appear when he wanted to appear, and would
probably be a bit expressive upon arrival. We talked about future
BBQs.
Last night, Sam and Mollie brought Jess's 1978 Chevy Truck to our house
for temporary storage. As we were moving it this morning, we took a
picture of it and captured the sound of it starting up as we moved it to
another location in the driveway. We put the picture and sound up on
this webstie (see "Jess, here's your truck" link above). We took our
laptop computer into his room and played it for him. His new dual
exhaust mufflers, installed just weeks earlier, rumbled in the room.
Suddenly his shoulders moved and eyes fluttered to a larger extent that we
had seen previous. Before long, we realized that the short starter
motor and rumbling audio sequence was playing over and over. It
seemed he was suddenly aware and concerned about what we were doing to his
truck. Needless to say, we were elated... Lot of fun, alot of laughs
...
Anyway, the consensus is that Jess's trend is positive. His pupils
are still not reacting satisfactorily to light, but his aura is quite
apparent. All the numbers seem stable and reasonable. No
persistent negative turns. We feel a turning point ...
He is scheduled for an MRI tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. After the MRI
is evaluated, we will be talking with his primary doctor and will let you
know. He is also stable enough to be scheduled for surgery to set
the bone fracture in his lower right leg on Wednesday. This was put
off due to the priority nature of his head injury.
Jess's youth, and the professional environment he is in are his saving
graces. We were told quite frankly that the situation is serious,
and for an older person would have most likely been fatal.
Can't express how thankful and lucky we are,
and we are preparing ourselves for the long haul.
Kyle is OK with it,
Deborah is OK with it,
and Rik is OK with it.
Leo has not been to the hospital yet to see Jess.
But we might take in a virtual "Bark"
A little optimistic? Yes!
And are we fully aware that things could change at any moment? Yes!
The online journal is really growing.
We will post it at a point in the future with Jess's permission.
More tomorrow ...
We are off to rest ..
May 28th, 2002 6 am Tuesday
Just got a call from Tina his new night
nurse and Jess had a stable night with some great news - there is some
reaction to light in his pupils!!!! She emphasized "slight" but
enough reaction that she noticed it!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the sign we (and they) have been
waiting for ...
They are pushing more fluids as he is "dry"
and is scheduled for MRI sometime today.
We read the journal entries from you to Jess
each day.
Please keep the energy, the prayers, the meditations, the love, the
comments, the pictures, the amazing assortment of expressions ... coming
...
May 28, 2002 9:53 pm, Tuesday
We were visited today by Marco Garcia,
and his brother Marvin.
Marvin was told back in January that his
brother Marco was not going to make it. The odds they gave were 99
to 1 he would shortly no longer be with us ...
Marvin's religious beliefs and some other
significant conversations proved that the death of his brother was simply
not an option.
Marco, four months later, is alive, well,
and was a source of inspiration to us all today.
Jess's doctor today said that discussions
are not longer about death,
and we all felt Jess's presence today,
and we are confident he wants to be with us.
It is now more about the physical process and signs of recovery...
The lights to the house are coming on,
the vital signs are trending supportive,
Jess now needs to show us voluntary reaction.
and they say he needs to do it sooner rather than later,
we have a new mission ...
Nick and Colburn were calling him out
today,
and the medical staff was supportive ...
Within a few days some roads will begin
to diverge in the woods,
and we want to be on the right one.
Please keep in mind as you read the
detailed report following from Kristin Jadrnicek, that nothing was said by
the doctor today about death, actual irreversable destruction, or other
actual negative happenings. It was all about needing evidence of the
process of recovery.
Kristin Jadrnicek's report
Spoke to Dr. Quinones who is the chief resident surgeon at the
hospital. He said... The staff is looking at Jess on a minute by minute
basis. Things are changing daily and it is impossible to predict what will
happen next. What is true for today may not be true for tomorrow.
Jess has many things going for him...
His age The fact that he has survived past the crucial 72 hour
mark.
All his vital organs are fine and unharmed from the accident.
Jess can now breath without a ventilator (He is still on one to keep lots
of oxygen going to his brain to help his brain heal). The pressure
in his brain is now, and has continued to
stay, at good, low levels. His pupils have slight and sluggish
responsiveness to
light. His eye lids are fluttering, making the Nurse Rivka hopeful
that in another 48 hours or so he may open his eyes. He has movement
in his left arm.
The Doctors are working very aggressivly to make sure that Jess's body
is fully supported to give him every possible chance to recover.
Jess has some things going against him...
Given the low pressure levels in his brain the Docs feel that he should
have a certain level of motor responsivness that thus far he is not
showing.
At this point he should be waking up and that at this
moment has not happened. He is non responsive to pain stimulis.
HOWEVER, THESE THINGS ARE NOT EXACT INDICATORS!
Now... here comes all the explanations
One of the things that the Docs use as a universal measure is something
called a Glasko Coma Scale. This test is administered at the time of
admission to
the hospital and has a range of 3-15.
At the level of three (3) the patient is non verbal, has no eye
response, and has no moter response, it is the lowest on the scale. The
level of fifteen (15) is a normal, healthy person. This gives the Docs a
universal measure to estimate how tramatized the head is. At the
time of Jess's admission to the hospital, his number was 4. He had
no verbal, no eye movement and only a little motor response.
They also found that, upon arrival, he had Hypoxia, that is the level
of oxygen in his blood was very low. Given that blood is needed to carry
glucose and oxygen to feed the brain, Jess's brain was limited to
receiving oxygen for an undetermined period of time. This could have
created what is called a secondary brain injury due to the brains lack of
oxygen. This they do not know for sure, but consider it a possibility due
to the Hypoxia. Typically a brain cannot go more than 6 min. without
oxygen.
Another concern for the Docs is a condition called Axonial injury.
Until they can perform an MRI they will not be able to tell if Jess's
brain has sustained
this injury. Axonial injury is the tearing of the connective tissue
between the Grey matter of the brain (The area of the brain that handles
the more complex functions and the White matter of the brain (The area
that handles the more automatic and base functions of the brain)(A bit
sketchy on that explanation) If this tear has occured between the Grey and
the White matter than there is no treatment that is available. I will get
a clearer picture tomorrow as to what the ramifications of this
are medically. These are possibilities that they are concerned with
because of Jess's lack of responsivness thus far.
AGAIN THESE THINGS ARE NOT EXACT INDICATORS!!!!!!
As for those of you wondering about his leg injury he recieved a broken
Tibia and Fibula bone. The break occured in the middle of his lower leg.
There is a clean break and a deep fracture in the Tibia bone with only
what looks to be a break in the Fibula. The Docs are not going to do
anything to his leg at the moment. They do not want to create a condition
for Jess that could drop his blood pressure and possible create a
secondary brain injury (An injury due to lack of
oxygen remember) The Docs want to leave the leg until they are confident
that laying his head down, or putting his body under a lot of stress (Like
a bond
surgery) will not injure him further. Same with laying flat for
1-1/2 hours for an MRI.
The final outcome of the meeting was that the Doc's said that the odds
were not in his favor. They said that the longer he takes to wake up and
the longer he
has no signs of life the greater the odds he needs to overcome on the way
to having a meaningful recovery.
They did emphasize that they are working on limited information at this
time, that they cannot give any predictions good or bad and that anything
could happen. They said to NOT GIVE UP HOPE!
What they need to see from Jess is more complex movements in his body.
They need him to become responsive to the pain that they give him as a
tester.
He needs to open his eyes and start to come to.
What is going on is Jess's brain is reconnecting and the Doc's just
need to see the signs of response from him and his body. A few more things
tomorrow as I want to ask Rivka a few questions for clarity purposes.
I love you Jess!!!!!!
Kristin :)
Hey Jess,
Spiritually we think you've got it covered ...
Just need to get a physical grip ...
May 29th, 2002 6:30am, Wednesday
We just talked to Tina, his night nurse,
and there has been no change,
other than the fact that they think he might have some type of chest
injury ...
that she will report to his recovery team.
She can hear air coming out from around his neck.
no details yet. It's a new day ...
Julio is in New York,
and Diane is off duty ...
a much needed break ...
Tina and Rivka are Jess's front line right
now ...
If anybody can pull Jess through this
It is this total group of medical professionals ...
We have total confidence in them and their skills ...
See end of history below for Kristin
Jadrnicek's detailed report of yesterday's conversation with the doctor
and a late night report ...
Important information to work with is there ...
We need sound bytes in the short run to play
in Jess's ear,
and photographs in the long run ...
send to rik@microflow.com if you
want,
or let me know if you need help with format ...
Jack Dakin ... the OMP rising above is the
grafitii you did at our house ...
We captured it off the wall ... hope you don't mind if we provide this
avenue for your talent ... Please
everybody rest assured that ALL email or hardcopy messages you
send, and ALL the journal entries you enter at this website are
presented (read / played for now) to Jess at his bedside daily the morning after
they arrive ... and this will continue ...
Wish we could do this all "real-time",
but we are not hooked up for that yet ...
so reports will be early morning and late at night for now ... Off to
the hospital with Jess's Grandma MacLeod and Winifred ...
more late tonight ... May 29, 2002
6:00pm, Wednesday
Not good ...
Arrived at the hospital and Jess was being taken for a CAT scan because
his cranial pressure and blood pressure had spiked, and they wanted to know why
... Upon return the team of doctors and nurses wanted to have a family
conference. Basically the CAT scan revealed that 3/4 of his brain
appears to be non functional ... and it appears that there is
nothing they can do about it. The part effected is the dominant part of the
brain. Kristin will provide details in awhile. The bottom line is they
feel they can keep him on life support for a few days with the possible
aggravation of continued brain swelling, at which time they may have a difficult
time controlling the situation.
Short of a miracle, there appears to be a fork in the road of recovery.
We will be heading up to Bolinas Ridge with friends to see if we can get
some hint of Jess's intentions ... If you hear from him, please let us
know ... Kristin Jadrnicek's Update:
Hello everyone, here is the update....
We spoke with the Docs today around 2:00 today and this is what they had
to say,
Early today Jess's head pressure and blood pressure went up drastically.
Nurse Rifkin drained his head several times to no avail. Also Jess's pupils had
become unresponsive again. He was not moving his left arm nor was he responding
to the basic motor tests that they give him. They decided to take Jess down to
do a CAT scan and see what the situation was with his brain. The scans reveled a
number of things,
First, that the Hypoxia (lack of oxygen to the brain) that created a
possible secondary brain injury has happened. Apparently Jess's brain went
without oxygen for a substantial amount of time before he reached the
hospital and this did create an additional injury to his brain. Also the scans
reveled that both Occipital lobes are infarcted and the Basil Ganglia is also
infarcted although he does have a bit of brain stem activity. On the left side
of his brain there is no difference between the Grey matter and the White matter
(See last report for explanation) and for all us non Medical types I will
attempt an explanation.........here it goes.
Basically 3/4 of his brain is not able to function as a result of the lack
of oxygen and the trauma sustained in the impact. Both the higher and lower
functions of this part of his brain are now unable to work. The Occipital lobes
basically being the higher functions and the Basil Ganglia is at the top part of
his brain stem. (The brain stem is what controls the involuntary actions
of the body such as his eye movement and his breathing.) Basically it is as
if Jess had a major stroke and it permanently injured the left side and a
quarter of the right side of his brain. The last 1/4 of his brain is functioning
alright. The Docs were not optimistic about his prognosis or his hope for a
recovery. They feel that he will not wake up.
From here we asked what was the next step for Jess, they said that they
could control his brain swelling for awhile but that there would come a time
when their efforts would become ineffective and that the injured parts of Jess's
brain would die. The Docs feel at this point that there is nothing that they can
do to prevent this outcome.
I must say that all the Docs and Nurse Rivka were surprised, and
disappointed at this outcome.
PLEASE DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE Although this looks discouraging he still has a
functioning quarter of his brain and there are still posibilities despite the
way things look KEEP UP THE GREAT PRAYERS AND ENERGY AS WE ARE ALL CONFIDENT
THAT JESS IS GETTING THEM What we need to do now is support Jess in the
decision that he makes about whether or not he wants to stay with us or move
onward.
May 30, 2002 7:30 am, Thursday
The sun is rising on a new day with Jess ...
Called this morning and not much change from yesterday ...
He is stable but cranial pressure and blood pressure still high ...
X-ray picture is top view cross section showing left / right sides of the
brain ...
We will try to get clearer pictures and possible animation up as time
permits. We can remember when Jess fell and got a little cut under his
chin (see pic). He got three stiches. He was climbing up the
bleacher steps at Tam High and went straight for the ONLY little hole in the
bleachers and fell 2 - 3 feet on his chin. We were devastated, and felt
like the worst parents in the world ... Among his friends on Bolinas Ridge
last night,
we became so aware of his strength,
He has affected so many lives,
and comes full circle on so many things in his life,
only one of which is showing his love for us as parents ... Off to be
with Jess ... May 30, 2002 11:30 pm Thursday
Arrived at hospital with cranial pressure rising,
Periodic release now replaced by open release of pressure,
continued rise ...
later in day a medical intervenious solution now being administered to
release the pressure. Jess,
Kimo and Elise Jadrnicek felt your presence yesterday,
as a donut ring of life around your body,
You've always been so cautions,
You've always looked so carefully before you take a step,
You've always been so happy with so little ...
What came over us today,
was that your strength and love
and the strength and love of all your friends
Just keeps growing ...
You are, and have been, the teachers
and we are starting to see your spirit in everything ...
We are learning ...
and whatever turn you make,
and whatever road you take,
We want to be there for you,
Forever ... Sweet dreams Jess ...
See you in the morning ...
www.t-unnel.com Pool
Room Link
here's your truck ... (need flash)
here's Leo ... (need flash)
May 31, 2002 8:00 am, Friday
Carol Femenia called from the hospital,
Jess's ears are pink,
and his cheeks are colored,
he looks at peace ... She talked to
Jess's nurse Liz,
Cranial pressure moderate at around 18
Blood pressure somewhat high at 168/86
pulse about 80 Off to see Jess ...
May 31, 2002 8:05 pm Friday,
Arriving at the hospital this morning we found Jess in such good care with
his nurse Liz. She made it so easy for us to arrange a variety of
visitors in the midst of administering her life support magic ...
Following Ryan days earlier, Brian, a neurosurgeon resident, appeared as
he always has at germinal moments since the beginning of Jess's ordeal.
We suddenly realized, and appreciated, that he, Bob (head of the I.C.U.),
Kristine (clinical specialist), and Stephanie (social worker) would appear
at just the moments we needed help. Stephanie would step into our
private moments and plant seeds of comfort. These professionals are
so good as vehicles of information and comfort that they appear to go
unnoticed until you realize what they have done. We are sure that
regaining our consciousness will uncover more people that we have not yet
acknowledged for their support. What a team ...
Cranial pressure still under medical control, internal injuries still
keeping the pressure forces temporarily on hold and waiting to continue when
given a chance that Liz will never allow ...
Karl and Elise Jadrrnicek revisited Jess and
found his life force moving in and up into his chest and head area.
They felt a movement also toward the undamaged part of his brain ...
Luke and Gregor arranged a mid morning visit
from the Tibetan Rimpoche living in Mill Valley, California. He knew
Jess and shared barbecues with him. They performed a ceremony for
Jess and told us they will be praying for him and would assist him in his
journey. It was very comforting to have him there. He
confirmed the life force moving into the upper part of Jess's body.
They told us to call him when Jess passes
and to stay with his body for half a day and he would assist Jess on his
journey. Jess's friends: What
more can I say, their strength and love continues to grow minute by minute, hour
by hour, day by day, 24/7/365 and no doubt, forever ...
May 31, 2002 2:00 pm Friday,
We met with the life support team who unfolded choices.
Kristin Jadrnicek's update along with the
roads of decision Jess has before him follows as her time permits this
evening.
We left while Jess's care was passing into the hands of Diane...
Sweet dreams Jess,
We will leave you to your choices ...
Kristin Jadrnicek's Update.
Hi everyone, The news is short and
simple this evening. Since the news about Jess's brain on Wed. there has only
been one change. Jess's ICP (cranial pressure) has stabilized to some degree and
may not be completely dependent on the Manital (Salt to decrease brain swelling)
to keep his ICP down in the future. However, Dr Manley stated that there is no
change nor will there be any change for Jess's brain to have any functionality.
It is damaged beyond repair or recovery. Given this information the family had a
private meeting to discuss the options that were given to us all and what we all
think Jess wants for himself . The outcome of that meeting was the peaceful
decision to discontinue the ICP medication and to allow Jess's brain to do what
it was going to do, either survive working at minimal brain function or to
herniated and die due to uncontrollable brain pressure. The decision of what
will happen when the Manital is discontinued is now up to Jess. It is the
families decision to let nature take its course and be there when Jess decides
stay with us or pass onto his next journey. We all believe that Jess would have
wanted to donate his organs so when his body functions cease his organs will be
donated. Thank you all..........................
June 1, 2001 7:50 am, Saturday
It's been one week today since the accident.
We called this morning and things are about the same,
His brain is still swelling,
and they are having some difficulty controlling it ...
See yesterday and Kristin's update at end of
history below...
I don't know how she keeps it so well together ...
There is so much more that has been seen and said by doctors,
We are doing our best to have these written words keep you informed,
If you hear from Jess,
Please let us know ... Off to see
Jess ...
want to read new emails to him from you ...
June 1, 2002 10:01, Saturday
Extraordinary collection of friends,
Bob Marley music playing,
Posters and pictures everywhere ...
Jess doing pretty much the same ...
Jennifer, his nurse was talking to us about
getting Jess's dog Leo in for a visit. Deb was saying Leo likes to
sleep with Jess, so brining him in would require Leo getting up into the
bed with Jess. She seemed to think that might even be possible.
Can you believe the support we are getting from this medical team?
Jess is heading toward being put on his own
physical resources as early as tomorrow afternoon, and as late as Monday
afternoon... Friends are visiting,
and talking to him, and touching him, and being with him ... contstantly.
Jennifer is allowing this, Lori took over from Jennifer at 7pm for the night.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for giving Jess every chance to experience the
tremendous love that surrounds him right in the middle of a busy I.C.U.
Karl and Elise Jadrnicek left for Hawaii,
but last night they felt Jess feeling our pain ...
They felt the presence of the Tibetan monks that visited him,
Who are with him and ready to help him in any journey he decides to take.
Sweet dreams Jess ...
see you in the morning ...
we will be reading you the latest batch email journal entries ...
and visiting you with your friends.
Right now we have a fire going in the yard
with the kindling that Tito cut this summer. What a flame ...
June2, 2002 1:12 am, Sunday
We are sitting here thinking ...
and we are at a momentary loss ...
June2, 2002 10:24 pm, Sunday
Jess is OK!
Mascara streaming down some cheeks,
Monitors occasionally beep,
Hugs & love abound everywhere,
Good memories fill the air.
A touch, a kiss to Jessie’s face,
A tall cool Bud, a warm embrace,
Mom & Heather on beck & call,
While Papa san’s computer tells it all.
Is in & out of body Jessie’s plan?
Body’s warm, then cold, now minds outa hand!
Oh, how this brave young warrior struggles,
His friends providing love’s endless funnel.
Where do we start, when will it end,
This eternal saga in life’s drama pen?
Why must it happen to such a good friend,
or is this answered when experiencing Oneness again.
Jess is OK, we have nothing to fear,
Except our own perceptions we hold so dear;
If it’s his body, then loss & suffering won’t cease,
But if his spirit, we all rest in peace.
Thank you Lord for Your wonderful Beings,
Our relationships of love with persons, places, & things,
Especially Jessie’s soul we all hold most dear,
And the power of Aloha he made so clear.
Kimo ( 5/31/02 SFO-HNL)
(Jess's Uncle Karl Jadrncek and Elise)
Off to see Jess ....
I was looking for pictures of Jess the other night and came
across a negative of him and some other Team kids on the
top of Half Dome. I am leaving in a few minutes go there
(we will make the climb on Friday). He will be in my heart
and mind, just like he's there for real, when I go up.
......Chuck Ford
Chuck taught Jess, and us, about "Full
Circle" ... Recommended by Nurse Rivka (a
truly remarkable
Woman)man):
SMOTTY\Y
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