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Posted on 05/18/2018 12:58:01 PM PDT by ethom
First lady Melania Trump has been in the hospital for four days, with no word on exactly when she will be released.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, would not give any details about why the first lady was there, but a White House statement said she underwent an embolization procedure on Monday morning to treat a benign kidney condition. President Trump tweeted Monday that she "is doing really well" and would be leaving the hospital in "2 or 3 days" after her procedure.
Embolization "cuts off the blood supply to a certain part of the body," according to the National Institutes of Health.
This procedure is mostly done as an outpatient, meaning the patient is discharged the same day.
Dr. Gregory Bernstein, a urologist and former military physician, said he's gotten a lot of questions this week about the length of the first lady's hospital stay. He did not treat her but has treated patients in similar circumstances.
He said the case could have been more complicated. "Everyone's pain threshold is a little different. An embolization is pretty painful regardless. Think about it. You are cutting off the blood supply to tissue in the body, which cuts off oxygen, which causes tissue to die, and that can be pretty painful," Bernstein said.
When his patients ask how long they'll be at the hospital with a procedure like this, he tries to manage their expectations. "I always tell my patients to prepare for the worst-case scenario, which may involve having to stay three or four days in the hospital, or they could get out earlier, and then that would be even better," Bernstein said.
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I heard it was because this procedure could cause internal bleeding and Melania has to be monitored.
From what I understood she was already released from the hospital..even President Trump said that she would be coming back to the White House in 2-3 days and Melania tweeted before yesterday that everything was fine
CNN is sick writing this stuff, in their minds its probably ‘revenge’ for John McCain
None of their business. She’s a private person.
The National Enquirer writes better stories than this.
They all consider personally bashing Trump and family to be their DUTY.
Hahaha, heard some Hussein Head freak tell Hannity yesterday how tough the media was on the Fraud.
Plastic surgery?
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
Melania hetero envy alert.
CNN ... it is none of your damn business.
I think ol’ Jen has a crush.
F-CNN and those that thrive upon it.
I hope she goes home and never tells anyone why she went in and for what.
F’em its none of our business.
Classic
....she likes the apple juice...so?
What business is hers,is hers,period!
The Establishment Media now rates lower than The Onion at the rate they're going.
“The National Enquirer writes better stories than this.”
I tell the liberals I know that when I want REAL news I turn to the National Enquirer.
What a fool. She writes the non-story with no less than 4 UNINVOLVED “experts” that I counted, as if their pure speculation means anything.
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