He got here in time. |
He had a rupture of the appendix. This was a very early kind of rupture in a sense that it had just broken through probably, so there was no close contamination of the cavity, of the intestinal cavity. |
He had expressed a desire to go home this morning. But he was quite happy to listen to us and follow what we had to say. |
He's on Jell-O right now. |
His bowels have not started moving as we expect them to and as we would like them to, so we're going to have to keep him in another day. |
His intestinal function has not returned to normal and we're taking the appropriate steps to make sure that it does. |
His intestinal function still has not returned to normal. The only progress I have to report is that there doesn't seem to be any sign of an infection. |
In this case, this was a very early kind of rupture. It had just broken through. There was no gross contamination of the abdomen. |
So far he hasn't had any at all. We're being very cautious. |
The governor is doing fine. He's in good spirits. |
The governor is in good spirits. He is a little tired, as all of us are, because we've been up all night. |
The governor's doing great. He's up and about. |
Things have not changed much. |