First lady Melania Trump is recovering well from surgery to treat a benign kidney condition, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
May 15 (UPI) — First lady Melania Trump is recovering well from surgery to treat a benign kidney condition, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
“Our great First Lady is doing really well,” Trump said in a tweet . “Thank you for so much love and support!”
The first lady’s communications director, Stephanie Grisham, said in a tweet Monday night that Melania was in “good spirits and doing really well.”
The president said Melania Trump would leave the hospital in two to three days.
The first lady is recovering at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., after undergoing an embolization procedure, which starves the blood supply to the affected area.
“The procedure was successful and there were no complications,” Grisham said. “The first lady looks forward to a full recovery so she can continue her work on behalf of children everywhere.”
Trump visited the first lady Monday afternoon.
Melania Trump is the first U. S. first lady to undergo a serious medical procedure while in the White House since Nancy Reagan had a mastectomy in October 1987. In April 1977, Rosalynn Carter underwent surgery to remove a benign lump from her breast and in September 1974, shortly after Betty Ford became first lady, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy.
Last week, the first lady launched an initiative known as “Be Best,” which will center on three pillars including well-being, social media use and opioid abuse.
