Lerblance Undergoes Emergency Bypass Surgery
Senator Richard Lerblance underwent emergency heart bypass surgery and is recovering tonight at an Oklahoma City hospital, sources say. The surgery apparently took place over the weekend.
Lerblance, D-Hartshorne, reportedly has been moved from the intensive care unit at Oklahoma Heart Hospital to a regular recovery room. Lerblance was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in August 2002. In June 2003, he was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate for District 7. UPDATE ~ The McAlester News-Capital has these additional details: Lerblance underwent heart bypass surgery on Saturday at Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City. Today, he remained hospitalized while recovering from the procedure, but he said he’s already feeling better. “My main coronary artery was 95 percent blocked,” Lerblance said during a phone conversation from the hospital. “They were able to use a vein in my heart and didn’t have to take one out of my leg. That was pretty cool.” Lerblance said he will probably get to go home by Wednesday. “I feel pretty good,” he said, relating how drainage tubes and tubes for IV fluids have already been removed from his body. “We’re self-supporting now,” he said, sounding upbeat. Lerblance said he had been aware of occasional pain in his chest prior to the surgery. “The only time it had bothered me was if I exerted myself,” he said. Lerblance said he had gone in for an angiogram on Thursday. When doctors saw the results, they told him he wasn’t going home and started trying to schedule him for surgery. “I went straight to the hospital,” Lerblance said.
Lerblance, D-Hartshorne, reportedly has been moved from the intensive care unit at Oklahoma Heart Hospital to a regular recovery room. Lerblance was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in August 2002. In June 2003, he was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate for District 7. UPDATE ~ The McAlester News-Capital has these additional details: Lerblance underwent heart bypass surgery on Saturday at Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City. Today, he remained hospitalized while recovering from the procedure, but he said he’s already feeling better. “My main coronary artery was 95 percent blocked,” Lerblance said during a phone conversation from the hospital. “They were able to use a vein in my heart and didn’t have to take one out of my leg. That was pretty cool.” Lerblance said he will probably get to go home by Wednesday. “I feel pretty good,” he said, relating how drainage tubes and tubes for IV fluids have already been removed from his body. “We’re self-supporting now,” he said, sounding upbeat. Lerblance said he had been aware of occasional pain in his chest prior to the surgery. “The only time it had bothered me was if I exerted myself,” he said. Lerblance said he had gone in for an angiogram on Thursday. When doctors saw the results, they told him he wasn’t going home and started trying to schedule him for surgery. “I went straight to the hospital,” Lerblance said.
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