FOX: Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. underwent an operation to treat a knee infection at a Baltimore hospital, his office said Friday, hours after his wife suspended her campaign for Maryland governor.
Cummings’ office said doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital drained the infection in a minor procedure. He was admitted to the hospital Dec. 29.
“He is resting comfortably and expects a full recovery,” his office said in a news release.
When he was first admitted last week, Cummings was being treated with antibiotics before it was determined the procedure was necessary, said Trudy Perkins, a spokeswoman for Cummings.
Cummings, 66, is the leading Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He was briefly hospitalized this past May to undergo a heart procedure, in which doctors replaced a transarterial aortic valve in order to treat aortic stenosis. He returned to Capitol Hill in September, after working in his district office in Baltimore.
Cummings’ wife, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, said in a statement she was withdrawing from the June 26 Democratic primary due to “personal considerations.” The announcement by her campaign did not provide details on why she dropped out of the race.
Maya Cummings’ withdrawal leaves seven Democratic candidates vying to unseat Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in the November election.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Hopefully they can take it off at the neck.😉👍
I wish the best outcome for him. Did you know that a simple outpatient surgery in the hospital costs an average $30,000. not including the surgeon’s and anesthesiologist’s costs? Outpatient. If you have a choice, choose a surgical center rather than a hospital.
His knee infection has been determined to be “NFL Idiotus conundrum” syndrome….
A week’s stay in the hospital for an infection that required draining a knee? Sounds dangerously close to septicemia.
Darn….he survived.
Also: ask your doctor for the treatment codes (insurance codes) of any procedures and shop around. Even self-insured (self-pay) patients can get a sizeable discount at a surgical center.
It must be a pretty serious infection…just look at the cyst it made on top of his shoulders…
He led the way for may family paying tens of thousands more for our health care. Fuck him and as Willy said, I hope he can get that cyst on his neck fixed under our tax dollars…Fuckers!
Hmmmmmmm.
Cummings hits the hospital and his wife withdraws from her campaign for governor
for “Personal considerations” at the same time?
Wonder if they’re expecting some interesting news about them to hit the streets……….
Speaking of dirty, rotten crooks who are also former Representatives, Corrine Brown is supposed to report to prison by January 29. Isn’t it about time for her to get sick enough with something that will keep her from turning herself in because she has to be hospitalized?
@Truffles ~ we can only hope!
@Meerkat ~ well, yeah …. he mean for you & yours to pay …. never him & his though
… the real privilege’ in this society is reserved for our ‘rulers’ … not us
wise up ‘oppressed’ people … they want us divided so they can steal us blind
Die scum, die.
So on which of his legs will he be wearing the orthopedic boot?
Knee jerking too much?
Overseas, spent 7 DAYS in a hospital for non-surgical reasons, had nurses checking in on me, I.V. antibiotics. Cost me $800.
I can’t even get a sliver removed in America for less than that!
My first thought was that he was hospitalized for ignorance, stupidity and just plain dumbness.
Rot you retarded milk dud, ROT!
Shit for brains Cummings got an infection. What a surprise.
Cummings is a worthless piece of shit, but I wouldn’t want him to suffer from an infected knee.
A week in the hospital for that seems excessive (I know nothing of medicine) but he’s probably the only guy in his district with adequate health insurance.
izlamo delenda est …
Shame it was nothing serious or terminal.
I wish him well if he has that bitterness chip on his shoulder removed and agrees to go away. Seems like a very unhappy individual.
I have nothing nice to say so I will say nothing.
He looks old for his age, 666.
This Texan; I’m with you. I don’t get the well wishers here.