Good news
Friday, Feb 11, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller
Former Gov. James R. Thompson said he felt great as he left a Chicago hospital Friday, nearly a week after undergoing emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.
Thompson, 68, underwent a craniotomy Saturday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Doctors said the clot formed from bleeding inside Thompson’s skull after he slipped and fell on ice near his Chicago home in early January.
“I’m doing great,'’ Thompson told reporters before leaving the hospital lobby. “I came through, I think, remarkably well.'’
Thompson, who appeared with his wife, Jayne, and daughter, Samantha, said he has been pain free since the three-hour surgery and has not felt any side effects. He wore a blue baseball cap to conceal 37 staples left in his head from the incision.
