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Seven-year-old Heart Patient Turns Hospital Room Into 49ers Fan Zone at Packard Children鈥檚

For Release: January 30, 2013

PALO ALTO, Calif. - The unofficial contest to find the biggest 49ers Super Bowl fan in the Bay Area has a brand-new entry.

Meet 7-year-old patient Jacob Murphy of Rio Linda, Calif., a nuts-about-the-Niners fan who has turned his hospital room into a 49ers Fan Zone. He鈥檚 doing it up big not just to cope with his hospital stay, but also in order to get ready for a large family gathering to watch Sunday鈥檚 game. 鈥淛acob is absolutely ecstatic,鈥 said mom Rebecca Johnson, who has her own 49ers wardrobe picked out.

The second-grader is an inpatient at the Children鈥檚 Heart Center at Packard Children鈥檚, but no tests or treatment will be getting in the way of Sunday鈥檚 action. As a matter of fact, he already has his food order in. 鈥淚 want us all to have a Gameday Bucket from KFC,鈥 he told his mom, 鈥渆specially with chicken tenders.鈥

When asked his favorite player, Jacob pointed to the Frank Gore #21 jersey on his bed, but quickly followed with shoutouts to Colin Kaepernick, Alex Smith, Vernon Davis and just about everyone else on the team. He鈥檇 like to follow in the footsteps of these heroes, but congenital heart problems are in the way. We heard he wanted to be a coach, but when asked, he seemed to shift careers. 鈥淚鈥檇 like to be a play-by-play announcer,鈥 said Jacob, who immediately launched into a rundown of plays from the NFC Championship game.

The bling around his neck, the balls around the room, the flags over the bed, the pictures on the wall. It鈥檚 all 49ers all the time for the young man with a very simple dream. 鈥淗e wants to meet one of the 49ers in person,鈥 Rebecca said. Prior to that big day, Sunday鈥檚 business needs to be taken care of. Thankfully, Jacob doesn鈥檛 seem to be too worried about the outcome, and he wasn鈥檛 the least bit afraid to let us in on his prediction.

鈥淣iners 34, Ravens 0,鈥 he said. Sounds like he knows what he鈥檚 talking about.

Authors

Robert Dicks
650-387-7500
rdicks@stanfordchildrens.org

Winter Johnson
(650) 384-5826
wijohnson@stanfordchildrens.org

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