James’s Story

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Friday, May 25, 2018,  James realized he was having a problem forming sentences. A friend took him to the ER at St Dominic.   That evening a CAT scan was done on his brain and it revealed three tumors - one the size of a marble and two much smaller ones. Doctors felt that the presentation was not brain cancer but a cancer that started somewhere else.  Scans performed the next day found cancer in his lung, lymph glands, shoulder bone, and adrenal glands.  He was released from St Dominic on Sunday, May 29, 2018,  with prescriptions for   several medications including a steroid to ameliorate the swelling in the brain.  James underwent a biopsy on May 31 which revealed that the cancer is adenocarcinoma that originated in the lung.   Because of the cancer's spread, it is considered Stage 4. James started a series of ten radiation treatments to the brain and shoulder on June 13, 2018, and will undergo chemotherapy starting June 26, 2018.    

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Memorial, etc.

Journal entry by Jane Tucker —

James' memorial is at Hal and Mal's Saturday November 3 starting at 6. We will play James' favorite music and exchange James stories which is what he wanted.

He also wanted to have his ashes buried in Greenwood Cemetary and that has been approved by the committee that oversees the cemetary.  Apparently it is only  open to relatives and notable Mississippians and James got in as the latter.  He was very pleased about that.  He has a spot close to Eudora Welty's (which is also what he wanted).  No plans for the burial yet.  I was thinking we would wait until the marker is done and the marker is still in the design stage because it's for James and therefore has to be perfect. It also needs to be simple, elegant, and timeless so if anyone has any ideas . . . . 

James would want everyone to enjoy his memorial so that's the plan. 
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