John Murtha back in the hospital, in intensive care

[babylonsister]

John Murtha back in the hospital

By DAVID ROGERS | 2/2/10 10:43 AM EST
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Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha was back in the hospital Tuesday after undergoing gall bladder surgery last week.

The Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington said that the 77-year-old Democrat was a patient in its intensive care unit but referred all questions about his condition to his family.

Murtha’s congressional office confirmed that he underwent scheduled laparoscopic surgery to remove his gallbladder at Bethesda Naval Hospital last week. But the congressman’s spokesman refused comment on the seriousness of his condition or any complication that required hospitalization.

A powerhouse in the House Appropriations Committee and close friend of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Murtha was hospitalized for a period in December as well when he suffered an infection in his gall bladder.

The doctors then decided that it should be removed once the infection had been tempered, and that set up the surgery last week at Bethesda.

In the interim, Murtha has been back in the Capitol. In his style, he returned from the hospital in December —with IV bandages still on him — to oversee passage of his defense appropriations bill.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32375.html#ixzz0eOZgWOo8

[lpbk2713]

1. That ought to really make Mean Jean's day.

She's probably tickled spitless.

[babylonsister]

2. m$nbc reporting: his condition is VERY serious. And I didn't

even know he'd gone in for surgery. I hope he pulls out of this. :(

[Jennicut]

3. Maybe some kind of infection from the surgery?

Hope he comes out okay.

[babylonsister]

4. Sounds like he had surgery initially because of an infection.

Maybe the surgery didn't help? I know of too many elderly people who go into hospitals for relatively minor reasons who don't leave. :(