Barbara Bush Recovers From 'Serious' Ulcer
Former First Lady 'Resting Comfortably' After Surgery to Fix Rare Condition By DAN CHILDS ABC News Medical Unit Nov. 26, 2008 Barbara Bush's surgeon said she told him her recent bout with a perforated ulcer was "the worst pain she had ever felt" at a Wednesday press conference on the 83-year-old former first lady's condition. Bush, who was admitted to the Methodist Hospital in Houstonwarhammer time cart Tuesday with abdominal pains, was suffering from a perforated ulcer, the hospital confirmed in a statement. Dr. Pat Reardon, director of the Methodist Hospital Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery program and the surgeon who performed the procedure, told ABC News that former President George Bush took his wife straight to the emergency room, where doctors determined that she would need surgery for her ulcer immediately. Reardon said the surgery lasted several hours and ended at 2 a.m. ET on Wednesday. In the course of the procedure, surgeons cleansed the former first lady's abdominal area, after which they runescape power levelingpatched and closed a one-centimeter hole in her stomach that was caused by the ulcer, the hospital statement said. Bush will likely remain hospitalized until next week. On Wednesday afternoon, Reardon said Bush was doing very well, and her vital signs were stable. In accordance with the protocol for this type of surgery, Bush will remain in intensive care for at least another 24 hours. The inflammation from the surgery will make eating impossible for her for about runescape accountsa week, so she will stay in the hospital for at least that long, receiving intravenous antibiotics.
