Another medical expert confirms the news I reported yesterday. From Keloland, hat tip to SDWar College.
A Sioux Falls neurologist says US Senator Tim Johnson may be in for a long recovery period from brain surgery.
Doctor William Rossing bases that belief on the length of time that the senator has been sedated. Prolonged sedation was used to minimize swelling after emergency surgery on Johnson for bleeding in the brain.
Rossing says recovery for someone who's been sedated as long as Johnson is likely to be "significant and lengthy." That could mean the 60-year-old politician will be in recovery for months instead of weeks.
Rossing says it usually takes just a few days to wean a patient from sedation. Johnson has been sedated since December 13th and is being gradually weaned.
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