Thank you everyone for your words of encouragement. It has really meant a lot to all of us to know that there are others out there who care and share our outrage at this injustice. We are finally letting ourselves talk about what he'll do when he's out, his first wish is to go to IHOP. Whatever, we'll do it! He will probably want a private homecoming, get used to being home and free and able to use a bathroom with a door. Then we plan a party for friends & family. If it's after the holidays that he's home, we're having Christmas in February, where the house will be decorated with every holiday theme, and we'll serve a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and open presents. Jon is planning to go back to school...he's talked about going to tattoo school, but also getting a degree in business...he thought tattoos will provide him back up income. For the short term he would like to travel the US, but has to wait till he's allowed to leave the state. We think he's going to go live with his sister in a small town where no one knows him and he can attend the college there. I think it's a great idea, and it suits his personality. All I know is that I'm so happy my son has retained his sense of humor and is probably even more compaasionate now than before. Especially because he's run into many people who don't have any sort of support system,education or hope for the future. And he's run into the worst attitudes of homophobia, racism and hatred, and it's more firmly entrenched his ideals of fairness. We are planning to petition the court to expunge his record once he's completed all post-prison supervision. We'll also petition for a pardon, but that's not as likely to happen. We're confident we can get his name cleared, but it's not going to happen fast enough.

bebe, His furniture is the from Penneys. It seems fine so far. The night stand had to be sent back originally because it came damaged, but they are very good at picking up and reordering new. The pain with Penneys is that they do not unpack will only deliver to inside your door, not to the room, and no setup! We didn't discover the damage until after the delivery guy left and we undid all the packing, but like I said, they are easy to work with. The other great thing was, I had originally ordered it at full price. It went on sale before it was delivered, I called to let them know, and they adjusted the price for me!

Thanks for the up date. I just put a post in asking how everything went before I saw yours. Glad mine didn't go through. His depression could be from the anesthesia. I've heard that that can cause it. Hope so. I'm so happy all went well. Dottie

I always look forward to your updates. Each time I hope for good, positive news. Your poor son has sure had a rotten time of it; as well as your family. I sure hope things are on the upswing for all of you!!!