Jailed Paris Drops Appeal, Urges Us All to Focus on "More Important Things"

UPDATE: Paris on Sunday received her first visitors at her new "digs"; click here for the details. In a statement obtained by TMZ, Paris Hilton - now back behind bars and reportedly neither sleeping nor eating - says: "Today I told my attorneys not to appeal the judge's decision. While I greatly appreciate the sheriff's concern for my health and welfare, after meeting with doctors I intend to serve my time as ordered by the judge. This is by far the hardest thing I have ever done. During the past several days, I have had a lot of time to reflect and have already learned a bitter but important lesson from this experience. As I have said before, I hope others will learn from my mistake. I have also had time to read the mail from my fans. I very much appreciate all of their good wishes and hope they will keep their letters coming. I must also say that I was shocked to see all of the attention devoted to the amount of time I would spend in jail for what I had done by the media, public and city officials. I would hope going forward that the public and the media will focus on more important things, like the men and women serving our country in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world." Can't top that.