John Murtha back in the hospital [77-year-old Democrat said to be in "grave" condition]

Politico ^

[beckysueb]

I’ve always heard if you can’t say something nice about someone etc..... so I have nothing to say.

[tflabo]

It sounds like his gallbladder was infected when they originally removed it. That’s a little different than just having a gallstone-filled bladder. If infection spreads beyond and more systemic that is trouble. Pure speculation on this and just a clinical possibility to mention.

[Suz in AZ]

MRSA? Staph? Would make sense from what they said. Either could be very serious.

[Cuttnhorse]

First Teddy, now Murtha...gulp! (Be nice, be nice).

[beckysueb]

That was a funny joke right there. I don’t care who you are.

[ConorMacNessa]

Reread the article - sounds like he’s in a civilian hospital.

[thethirddegree]

Looks like it would be a fine time to retire.

[basil]

I will join you in prayer.

[basil]

I will join you in prayer.

[WinMod70]

Just another example of a doctor getting rich off a surgical procedure when a pack of Rolaids and couple of aspirin could have been perscribed. Oops forgot, that only applies to the unwashed public.

[MinuteGal]

"I looked for some to pity me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. They gave me gall to eat and vinegar to drink."

(Psalms 69:20)

Leni

[doodad]

The attending surgeon is a retired Marine Captain last stationed in Afghanistan.

[montag813]

I can't say what I really WANT to say, so I will merely say...

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[Tijeras_Slim]

I'm going to send a kitty to cheer him up.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Another retirement of a corrupt Dem?

[Busywhiskers]

To borrow and paraphrase from a quote by a Civil war general— I wouldn’t give a pinch of owl dung for John Murtha. That’s all I’ll say on the matter.

[whatisthetruth]

Satan ready to take home another of his own?

[SamiGirl]

I have nothing good to say, so I won’t say anything.

[outofsalt]

I wish him a short illnes without suffering.

[tflabo]

Complications...

While there are risks associated with any kind of operation, the vast majority of laparoscopic gallbladder patients experiences few or no complications and quickly return to normal activities.

Complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy are infrequent, but include bleeding, infection, pneumonia, blood clots, or heart problems. Unintended injury to adjacent structures such as the common bile duct or small bowel may occur and may require another surgical procedure to repair it. Bile leakage into the abdomen from the tubular channels leading from the liver to the intestine may rarely occur.

http://www.sages.org/publication/id/PI11/