Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has been hospitalized since last week for treatment for a rare neurological condition, will be moved out of an intensive care unit Monday.
A spokesperson for Jackson said he will be moved from the ICU at some point Monday, and will remain at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for continuing care for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, an illness that impacts just 1-in-10,000 Americans.
“We believe in the power of prayer, and we are grateful for the overwhelming outreach and prayers of the faithful,” Jackson’s son Yusef Jackson said in a statement.
Jackson was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Wednesday night and placed under observation for PSP, according to a statement from Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the organization he founded that fights for social change.
The 84-year-old civil rights leader had been thought to have been battling Parkinson’s Disease for the better part of the last decade. In a statement earlier last week regarding Jackson’s hospitalization, Rainbow PUSH Coalition revealed he was diagnosed in April with PSP, a rare condition related to Parkinson’s.
According to Dr. Bezhad Elahi, a University of Chicago neurologist who is not treating Jackson, PSP has no known cure.
He said physical therapy and some of the same drugs that are used on Parkinson’s patients can also be used.
“PSP patients they don’t respond as well to Parkinson’s medications, but we try to give them medications to improve mobility and their quality of life,” he said.
PSP patients, Elahi said, often have trouble with their eye movements, speech and mobility. They often wind up needing a wheelchair within four to five years of their diagnosis. PSP patients also have problems with falls and balance disorders. That, he said, can reduce their life expectancy.
Jackson has only been seen in public occasionally in the past year. In November, he was unable to attend his 84th birthday party.
His family is encouraging the public to continue praying for Jackson, and said he has been active in calling for efforts to help residents obtain food around the holiday season.
“Our father is alert and continues to share his vision for churches and pastors to come together and reduce malnutrition during this period. He is enlisting 2,000 churches and pastors to distribute 2,000 baskets of food to feed four million families this season,” Yusef Jackson said.
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