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Home Front: Politix
Bubba Needs Follow-Up Surgery
2005-03-08
Hat Tip Drudge
While I was posting THK, I saw this gem...
BILL CLINTON BACK TO HOSPITAL IN NEW OPERATION
Tue Mar 08 2005 11:11:18 ET

Statement from the Office of President Bill Clinton

Former President Bill Clinton will be undergoing a medical procedure this week to remove fluid and scar tissue from his left chest cavity. The procedure, which is a recognized, occasional consequence of open-heart surgery, will take place Thursday at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and he will remain in the hospital for three to ten days.

The procedure is known as a decortication, and will require general anesthesia. The scar tissue developed as a result of fluid and inflammation causing compression and collapse of the lower lobe of the left lung. The surgery will be done either through a small incision or with a video-assisted thoracoscope inserted between ribs. The fluid buildup and lung collapse has caused the President some discomfort in recent weeks, but he has otherwise been in very good condition, recently passed a stress test and is walking up to four miles a day near his home in Chappaqua, NY.

The risk of the procedure is low, and once fully recovered, President Clinton is expected to resume his work without limitations.

Developing...
Posted by:BigEd

#5  Ten post-op days in hospital doesn't sound like a walk in the park.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-03-08 6:11:29 PM  

#4  This is indeed a recognized complication, but they're underplaying the severity. A decortication is NOT pleasant. He'll need a chest tube for a couple days afterwards, some monitoring, and he'll be recovering for 4 to 8 weeks.
Posted by: Steve White   2005-03-08 6:02:38 PM  

#3  
We Republicans should give him a hearty farewell. He's done more for the nationwide success of the republican party than any even Karl or W ....
Posted by: Frank G   2005-03-08 4:57:58 PM  

#2  The moonbat left is well on its way to moving away from Clinton as hero.
Posted by: mhw   2005-03-08 4:54:18 PM  

#1  Not that I'm wishing him any ill, but does anyone think that when he does die, the reaction from the American people (not the leftist moonbats) will be anywhere close to what they had for Reagan?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-03-08 4:34:40 PM  

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