TRAVIS JENNINGS

ON OCTOBER 14TH 2019 WHILE TRAVIS WAS WORKING AT THE ST CLOUD HOSPITAL HE HAD A SEIZURE. TRAVIS' WORK MATES FOUND HIM ON THE FLOOR. THEY GOT HIM UP AND ASKED HIM A FEW QUESTIONS. TRAVIS' ANSWERS WERE NOT MAKING SENSE. HIS WORK MATES WALKED HIM DOWN TO THE ER. THE DOCTORS PERFORMED A CT SCAN AND AN MRI ON HIS HEAD . IT WAS DETERMINED AT THAT POINT THAT THERE WERE TWO AREA'S OF CONCERN IN HIS BRAIN. TRAVIS SPENT A NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL THEN WAS RELEASED. TRAVIS TRIED TO GO BACK TO WORK BUT ONLY MADE IT A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE SAME SCENARIO HAPPENED; WORKING AT THE ST CLOUD HOSPITAL-WASN'T MAKING SENSE - BACK DOWN TO ER AND THEN A FEW MORE DAYS AS AN INPATIENT. WITH THE HELP OF SOME OF TRAVIS' FRIENDS AND HIS MOTHER AND HIS AUNT JEANNE-THEY WERE ABLE TO GET TRAVIS TRANSFERED TO THE MAYO CLINIC. I'M NOT GOING TO GO DAY BY DAY HERE BUT - TRAVIS RECORDS WERE TRANSFERED TO MAYA AND DOCTOR FRED MYER (SPELLING?) TOOK OVER ALONG WITH HIS TEAM. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS  A GLIOMA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN RIGHT ABOUT WHERE HIS LEFT EAR IS. DOCTOR MYER REMOVED THE TUMOR ON NOVEMBER 20, 2019. THAT WAS A WEDNESDAY. TRAVIS SPENT THE NEXT BIT IN RECOVERY, THEN ICU, THEN A REGULAR ROOM AND THEY SAID HE COULD GO HOME. ABOUT 50 HOURS POST-OP HE WAS HOME. AMAZING. TRAVIS HAD TO WAIT A WHILE BEFORE THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS. WE WENT BACK AND FORTH FROM ST CLOUD TO MAYO FOR MORE TESTS AND GETTING FITTINGS FOR THE RADIATION. ON DECEMEBR 16TH TRAVIS STARTED HIS CHEMO AND RADIATION TREATMENTS. THE RADIATION TREATMENTS ONLY TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEY ARE PERFORMED EACH DAY FOR 30 DAYS-NO WEEKENDS SO TRAVIS IS HOME FOR THE WEEKENDS AND THEN BACK DOWN TO MAYO FOR A NEW WEEK OF TREATMENT. THESE TREATMENTS WILL GO ON TILL JANUARY 28, 2020. WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THEN. FOR NOW THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

JEFFREY