Keith Olbermann recovering from emergency appendectomy

[meegbear]

Keith Olbermann is recovering from emergency surgery to remove his appendix. The surgery occured late Friday.

You can send get well wishes to [e-mail]. Keith is scheduled to return to Countdown on Wednesday.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/09/17/keith-olbermann-recovering-from-emergency-appendectomy/

[shain from kane]

1. Those popcorn hulls will do it every time. n/t

[DURHAM D]

2. I can not imagine that he will be back by this Wednesday.

I think it will likely be the following Wednesday - unless he decides to do the show from a hospital bed. That would be kind of cool.

[Ilsa]

3. They must have caught it in time. If they were able to perform

the surgery laparoscopically, his recovery would be quite rapid. It would be a minimally invasive surgery with much less pain and a quick return to routine activities. I bet he's off his pain meds by now. Since his job doesn't require him to exert alot physically, it doesn't surprise me that he'll be on tv by Wednesday.

[DURHAM D]

4. Sounds good - hope you are right. eom

[Ilsa]

5. Wow. I wasn't. It ruptured, but I guess it didn't spread

alot of infected matter throughout his gut and body. I am shocked that he won't be on IV antibiotics for a week. I guess they have him loaded up with some oral ones, just in case.