[Oe List ...] Update on Jack Gilles

[Herman Greene]

Many heartfelt prayers for Jack and Judy.

Zoe, thanks for the photo.

Herman


On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Gordon Harper <gharper1 at mindspring.com>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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