Bob Jackson back in Hospital

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Well he did it again.
He came to the MPG and when he got home he ended up in the hospital.

Please keep Bob and his wife Joanne in your prayers.

I will try to keep updates posted as I get them
 
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Thoughts and prayers for Bob. If this keeps up then we will need to bring MPG to him. Was great to see him there and hear him demo and tell stories.
 
Oh no... hoping for a speedy recovery I will be praying for him and his wife. It was very nice to meet him and definitely enjoyed his presentation.
 
I received the following text after I went to bed last night.

Bob has been checked out by Cardiology and there is fluid around the heart and imflamation. Probable cause was the new drug he is taking. However, this drug has shrunk the tumors in the lungs. They are giving him steroids now. but they cause his sugar to go wild. When I left tonight he was on an insulin drip. When his blood sugar is controlled, he will come home and be on a 4 week vacation from chemo and get another scan of heart in 2 weeks. It seems like a circle of consequences. He is his happy self. The nurses love him. I imagine that he will be sent home this weekend. Thank you for your concern and for the prayers. You can share this info with any of the IAP guys. Joanne
 
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Sugar went back over 500 so he's back on the insulin pump. Probably will be here for a few more days until that gets straightened out.

Please keep the prayers going
If anyone wants to send a card PM me and I'll send info
 
That must have been some party at the MPG - maybe sorry I missed it....

I don't know Bob, but wish him the very best.... I'm pretty sure his sugar being so high is a factor of the other problems...

When she was first diagnosed as diabetic about 12 or 13 years back, I had Dianne in the hospital for T.I.A's (little mini strokes) and in the ER they came back with a sugar reading of 500... Dianne had a blood infection in 2013 that put her in the hospital and a nursing center until March, she was home 10 days and suffered a stroke, then while in the hospital for that they discovered her Mitral valve was leaking to the point of danger, so open heart surgery to correct that, then discovered that the blood infection had affected the discs in her back to the point that a couple of them were completely eaten away and allowed two of her vertebrae to fuse and at an odd angle...Doctors say no surgery will help and there was more danger from the surgery than living with the fusion. When Dianne's not feeling well with the other problems, her back or her hip or just plain not feeling well, her sugar level seems to rise... it's really hard to control sometimes.

Wishing Bob a speedy (even though I know it's a slow and steady process) recovery.
 
new update from 3 different facebook posts.
4:30 PM Saturday: Much better today. Came off the iv insulin in the middle of the night. He's been on 2 walks today and when we got here he was sitting in a recliner they brought in. He's been off the oxygen. They covered up his port and unhooked him from the monitors and now he's taking a shower. The doctors okayed him to go on the roof later as long as he used a wheelchair, so he can enjoy the warm weather and get some fresh air. He may get to come home tomorrow.

5:30 PM he is on the roof outside enjoying the weather

6:00 Sugar back up to 438. They wanted to put him back on the iv insulin but the nurse argued. Paged endocrinology and is speaking to an endocrinology nurse from another floor.
 

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My diabetic husband had the same reaction after he had a steroid epidural injection for back pain! It took almost a month to get his blood sugar back under control!
 
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