Gov. Whitman Has Appendix Removed
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From Times Wire Reports
New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman had her appendix removed after she was admitted to the hospital with stomach pains. The surgery at Morristown Memorial Hospital took about 90 minutes, her spokesman Peter McDonough said. Whitman, a Republican, went in for surgery following several days of “abdominal distress,” McDonough said. He said the governor is expected to be discharged from the hospital today. “She will be back to work on Monday,” McDonough said.
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