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Thanks Gordon<br><br>
Jack, we're all pulling for you and hoping that everything comes out all
right.<br><br>
John<br><br>
At 09:25 PM 9/2/2013, you wrote:<br>
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Colleagues --<br><br>
With Jack's permission, I'm sharing this news with you about his current
health situation. <br><br>
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 </font>been <font face="Comic Sans MS">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. <br><br>
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. <br><br>
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.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
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. <br><br>
More as we learn more --<br><br>
Gordon </font><br><br>
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