[Dialogue] Update on Jack Gilles

[jlepps at pc.jaring.my]

Thanks Gordon

Jack, we're all pulling for you and hoping that everything comes out all right.

John

At 09:25 PM 9/2/2013, you wrote:
>Colleagues --
>
>With Jack's permission, I'm sharing this news with you about his 
>current health situation.
>
>As some of you may know, Jack has had several quite painful gall 
>bladder attacks over the past few months.   They've mostly occurred 
>while in Litibu and mercifully been of fairly short duration.  He's 
>elected on those occasions not to take the surgery route but to 
>treat the stones medically, and this has seemed sufficient.
>
>Jack and Judy have been in the States these past three weeks or so, 
>preparing to attend the Archive Team's Fall Sojourn in 
>Chicago.  Jack had the most severe of these attacks while here--as 
>it happens, while staying with David and Margaret Scott in 
>Kalispell, MT.  He has basically been wiped out, this time for 
>several days, with major pain and unable to sleep.  He's now been 
>diagnosed once again with stones, and this time an inflamed pancreas 
>and an irregular heartbeat.
>
>Thankfully, I don't think the Gilleses could have picked a better 
>place for this to happen.  The Scotts are providing incredible care 
>for both of them and ensuring that Jack has access to fine medical 
>resources.  Further tests are scheduled for this week, and Jack has 
>pretty much decided this time to go for gall bladder surgery if the 
>doctors give him the nod.
>
>Jack and Judy won't be joining the Archive Team in Chicago this 
>weekend for the start of the Fall Sojourn.  Depending on how things 
>go, (the eternal optimist) he's holding open the possibility they 
>might make it the second week.  Given how much Jack is in 
>communication with so many of us, he wants to let everyone know the 
>current situation, and, if any of you were wondering, why you 
>haven't heard from him lately.
>
>Regardless of the medical evaluation, those of you who know Jack 
>know that when he can't bring himself to get on the Internet 
>himself, he clearly can't be in the best shape.  I know he'd 
>appreciate any of our prayers or emails wishing him improved 
>health.   He was feeling somewhat better this evening when I talked 
>to him, having been able to get some sleep today for a change.  He's 
>scheduled for further tests related to those irregular heart rhythms 
>tomorrow, with discussion of the surgery depending on how they turn out.
>
>More as we learn more --
>
>Gordon
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