Jermaine Jackson took to Twitter tonight to give an update on his father’s condition and to thank the nurses and doctors in Sao Paolo for saving his life. Joseph Jackson remains hospitalized following a stroke and heart attack on his 87th birthday. Too much celebrating, Joe. Say it ain’t so!

Thank you for the love & prayers for our father. Following a heart procedure, he remains in hospital where he's doing 'extremely well'.

— Jermaine Jackson (@jermjackson5) July 28, 2015

Doctors say cardiac arrest followed a mini-stroke. Thankfully, brain scans show it's 'not as bad as first feared'.

— Jermaine Jackson (@jermjackson5) July 28, 2015

We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the wonderful surgeons, doctors and nurses at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo.

— Jermaine Jackson (@jermjackson5) July 28, 2015

Janet Jackson may not be getting much “sleeep” this week. I’m told she is the likely candidate to fly to Sao Paolo, Brazil and bring home her ailing father.

Joseph Jackson is recuperating from a stroke and possible heart attacks after partying in Sao Paolo for his 87th birthday. I reported, then TMZ helped themselves to the info– that Mr. Jackson had a burst artery behind one eye. While he was being examined at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paolo he had a stroke. He had two surgeries for pacemakers.

My source says he is ” well and alert” now. We’re waiting for confirmation of Janet’s trip. Ironically, Janet had posted a very moving Birthday tweet to her father earlier on Sunday. This all marks a change of attitude from Janet, who was not always on the best terms with Joseph after she learned he’d fathered an illegitimate child–a a daughter, Jovanni, who is younger than Janet by a couple of years.

But time heals all wounds, and as Nick Lowe once sang, wounds all heels.

Joseph Jackson is just now out of surgery at Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paolo Brazil. I am told exclusively that he had permanent pace maker surgery this morning after having a temporary pace maker installed last night.

Mr. Jackson was in a perilous situation yesterday after his “heart stopped for 10 seconds” according to my sources. His heart stopped while he was being examined for a burst artery behind his eye. “He’d been feeling fatigued even after the doctors told him that he could wait to have the eye looked at in the US,” says my source.

Plans are unfolding to fly Mr. Jackson home to the US as soon as possible. I’m told that the Michael Jackson estate has offered to help in any way. “They’ve been incredibly cooperative and generous,” says my source.

Luckily, Mr. Jackson is traveling with two business associates. “If he’d been alone, he wouldn’t have made it.”

More to come…

All the details aren’t in yet, but I’ve confirmed with an associate of Joseph Jackson: he did have a stroke yesterday in Brazil while preparing for his 87th birthday party gala.

Jackson annually participates in his own birthday extravaganzas that involve sponsorships, cost a fortune, and reap him some fees. He’d been in Brazil for a few days, attending parties and ribbon cuttings as “patriarch of the Jackson family.”

He’s been traveling with an assistant and with a French woman described as his latest “find.” From time to time Jackson, who did manage the Jackson 5 to international fame, “manages” a young female singer.  Now he’s in a Sao Paolo hospital after complaining about dizziness and temporary blindness. He suffers from diabetes.

As yesterday was her father’s birthday, Janet Jackson posted this on Twitter before the stroke news came. This is really interesting considering her history with her father:

Wishing my Father, @Joe5Jackson a Happy Birthday. I want to tell the world, I love and honor you.

— Janet Jackson (@JanetJackson) July 26, 2015

On his website before the stroke, Jackson had this message posted:

“Back in the 70s when I was touring with my sons in Brazil. We had just done a show in Rio and traveled to Sao Paulo for the next show. We run into a problem because our music equipment from Rio did not arrive in time. It had been sent out late from Rio, very late. So we waited, and the crowd waited. Finally the crowd’s patience run out. They became hostile and started throwing stuff at us. I remember all of us with the school teacher “Miss Rose Fine” in tow, running for cover onto a Bus. The crowd was upset. Wow, that was something. Our music equipment finally showed up around 8pm, and we still went out there and put on a show. My boys worked hard and won the crowd back over. But, boy was it tough. From there it was off to Bahia. A few years ago when I visited Brazil, i made it a point of mine to visit “Bahia”. Michael filmed one of my favorite music videos “They don’t care about us” in Bahia. Coming full circle from the 70s.”

Keep refreshing for updates…

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