As you all know by now, comedian actor Bernie Mac was hospitalized over the weekend with pneumonia.Normally, yes, this would be a serious condition, but not beyond recovery considering Bernie's young age of 50. So then why are family sources leaking word to the Chicago Sun-Times he is in a “very, very critical state"?
People would like to blame his current condition on sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease, Bernie has been diagnosed with. It has been in remission since 2005. Medical sources say sarcoidosis is not the cause for his pneumonia, but if you follow our links on this desease you will find out that one of the major complications of sarcoidosis is scar tissue in the lungs. And this scar tissue could in fact hinder and complicate the quick recovery we normally associate with pneumonia being treated by antibiotics.
We should also ask what do family members have to gain by making up stories of the severity of Bernie's condition. Not much. They sound scared,frustrated and believing not enough is being done for Bernie, and by going public, puts doctors and the hospital on notice to step up Bernie's treatment. Speculation? possibly, but the only one who is saying Bernie is doing good is his publicist Danica Smith. So I'm inclined to listen to family members and anticipate at least one or two being bed side and really know what is going on. I don't know about you, but when I'm laid up sick in the hospital, I wouldn't be calling for my publicist to draw near!
In the mean time let's keep the prayers rolling Bernie's way.