Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), age 77, underwent gallbladder surgery and is currently at
Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, according to this AP/ABC News story.
UDATE: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette summed up Rep. Murtha's condition as of Thursday, 4 February.
... Mr. Murtha had laparoscopic surgery to remove his gallbladder last Thursday at the National Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. A source close to Mr. Murtha said that his intestine was inadvertently cut during the surgery, confirming a report from Politico.
Mr. Murtha went home after the surgery but an infection developed, the source said, and Mr. Murtha was admitted Sunday to the Virginia Hospital Center. Mr. Murtha underwent surgery to treat the infection, and the source said that for a time things appeared to be "touch and go."
But by Wednesday, Mr. Murtha seemed to be responding well to antibiotics and improving, the source said.
Still, the source added, it could be several weeks before Mr. Murtha is able to return to the House, where he chairs the House Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on defense.
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