"Sick inmate moved to hospital"...THIS IS AN UPDATE OF LAST WEEKS STORY ON THE PRISONER WITH MS
" The Chester County Prison inmate suffering from multiple sc erosis has been checked into Temple University Hospital, according t the man

Robert. L. Border, 25, diagnosed with a relatively rare form of the disease last month, was taken to the hospital for a scheduled appointment with a neurologist on Friday. His mother, Kathryn Himelright, said Monday, that after her son was examined, doctors admitted him as a patient for additional testing.

"They said they have never seen anyone’s MS progress as rapidly as his is," Himelright said. One doctor described Border’s symptoms as typical of someone who had suffered from the disease 10 to 20 years, she added.

"I knew they were going to admit him, just take one look at him," Himelright said.

Border, who recently was sentenced to 6½ to 13 years in prison for a string of armed robberies in Lancaster County, said he began feeling the symptoms of his multiple sclerosis six months ago.

Now, he is wheelchair-bound, and in addition to the numb sensation and pain he feels from his chest down through his legs, his abdomen has been swollen for nearly a week.

Since the weekend, Himelright said, the swelling has increased up her son’s side, nearly extending to his underarm. Doctors have told her surgery is likely, she said.

In a story printed in Sunday’s editions of The Daily Local News, the inmate blamed his condition on the prison’s medical staff for, he said, downplaying the numbness he had been feeling in his legs.

"I actually feel like my insides are dying," Border said during an interview last week at the prison. The one-time heroin addict from Lancaster insisted he is willing to serve his sentence, but said he feared if he did not receive better care he would not live long enough to be released.

An attempt to reach Border at his hospital room Monday afternoon was not successful.

D. Edward McFadden, warden of Chester County Prison, on Monday said Border had left the prison for treatment, but he would not confirm where he had been taken for security reasons, he said.

Because of similar security concerns, neither Border nor his mother knew which hospital Border would be taken to Friday, and information about his admittance was unavailable until Monday.

McFadden cannot discuss Border’s medical condition because of federal restrictions enforced by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The law prohibits health care providers and third parties from discussing an individual’s medical history without that person’s consent.

In Sunday’s story, he defended the care Border received from prison doctors.

Multiple sclerosis, commonly known as MS, is caused when a person’s immune system attacks healthy nerve tissue, causing pain, loss of muscle control, vision problems and a number of other symptoms.

There are four forms of the disease, and Border has been diagnosed with what is called primary progressive MS. People with this type suffer from continuously worsening symptoms from the onset. The pain, tremors, spasms and other typical signs of the disease never go away.

Border ended up in Chester County Prison because his 2005 robbery arrest violated his probation from a 2000 conviction for robbery of a motor vehicle. He is awaiting assignment to a prison in the state system, and in the meantime his filed a request with the sentencing judge in Lancaster County to reconsider his sentence....CLICK LINK ABOVE FOR MORE