Posted on 03/04/2009 5:52:24 PM PST by CedarDave
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prayers offered.
Dear God, please help to heal this wonderful woman. She is needed and loved by her family and the country.
Prayers up for Mrs.Bush!
Amen to that.
Get well soon, Mrs. Bush!HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Eyewitness News has learned that former First Lady Barbara Bush had heart surgery today at Methodist Hospital.
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According to Barbara Bush's spokesman Jim McGrath the surgery was scheduled as a precautionary step after doctors found hardening on one part of Mrs. Bush's aorta last week. Doctors had been tracking this hardening and determined they didn't want to wait, but it's not considered a drastic condition.
Former President George Bush's chief of staff Jean Becker described the surgery as "very routine."
Barbara Bush Undergoes
Heart SurgeryLast Edited: Wednesday, 04 Mar 2009, 7:54 PM CST
Created On: Wednesday, 04 Mar 2009, 7:42 PM CSTHOUSTON - Former First Lady Barbara Bush is recovering at Methodist Hospital after undergoing a successful heart surgery Wednesday afternoon.
Doctors called it a valve replacement surgery. It was a two-and-half-hour procedure that took place at Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.
Mehtodist tells FOX 26 that Dr. Jerald Lawrie performed the surgery. He is with the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center.
Her husband, George H.W. Bush, is currently with her at the hospital. He says the surgery went well.
In November, Barbara Bush underwent laparoscopic surgery also at Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. Doctors Surgeons performed the operation to repair a perforated ulcer.
God Bless you and heal you with his mighty power, First First Lady Bush!
Get well soon Bar! . . . May God continue to bless you and your entire family!
Prayers for Mrs. Bush. Get well soon!!
Prayers up for Barbara Bush. May she recover completely, to enjoy many more years with her beautiful family.
God Bless this wonderful woman, a TRUE class act. I will be praying for her speedy recovery
Hail Mary, full of grace. Our Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
God Bless you First Lady.
Give 'em hell, Bar
Amen to that!
Love it. Bless them both.
Ex-First Lady Barbara Bush Has Heart Surgery
Bush Aide Says the Former First Lady Was 'Alert and Funny' After SurgeryBY ELOISE HARPER and GINA SUNSERI
March 5, 2009Former First Lady Barbara Bush had open-heart surgery Wednesday and is resting comfortably with former President Geoege H.W. Bush at her side, Bush spokesman Jim McGrath told ABC News.
The surgery was taken as a precautionary step after doctors found hardening on one part of her aorta last week, McGrath said.
Doctors had been tracking the hardening and determined they didn't want to wait.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/HeartHealth/story?id=7010535&page=1
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