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Former First Lady Recovering From Open-Heart Surgery
Former First Lady Barbra Bush is recovering Thursday after undergoing open-heart surgery Wednesday in Houston.
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HOUSTON (March 05, 2009)-Doctors say former first lady Barbara Bush is recovering Thursday after two-and-a-half hour heart surgery to replace her aortic valve.
Mrs. Bush was already up and talking in intensive care Wednesday night just hours after undergoing the procedure at The Methodist Hospital, family spokesman Jim McGrath said.
McGrath says President George H.W. Bush is with his 83-year-old wife at the Houston hospital.
Hospital officials expect the former first lady could be released in seven to 10 days.
Doctors determined last week that her aortic valve had started to harden after she experienced shortness of breath last week.
The hospital says the valve on the left side of the heart can harden with age and become less effective.
Symptoms of aortic valve disease include shortness of breath, chest pains and dizziness.
When left untreated, a hardened aortic valve can result in heart failure or sudden cardiac death.
Houston television station KTRK-TV reports that, at first, Mrs. Bush did not want her children, President George W. Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush, to know about the surgery.
Mrs. Bush did not think the surgery was a big deal, the report said
Last November, Mrs. Bush had surgery to repair a perforated ulcer.
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Barbara Bush always was a elegant first lady and is still an elegant lady. I wish here speedy recovery and that she will be out and about before long. God Bless Barbara Bush.
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Isn't technology wonderful!!! This is another of those things that used to kill people, and now we can correct it with surgery. Best wishes Mrs. Bush.
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God hold her in your hands, we know you are in control. We love you...
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