Sharon Back in for Emergency Surgery

Israel Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon had emergency surgery yesterday, but seems to have come through it well.

Operation successful; PM moved to intensive care.

Doctors at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem successfully located and removed on Saturday a blood clot that was obstructing the flow of blood to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's abdomen. The prime minister has been moved out of the operating room into the intensive care unit.
Doctors moved their attention to Sharon's stomach on Saturday, after five weeks of fighting to save the prime minister's brain after a massive stroke. An early morning CT scan had revealed that Sharon's digestive tract was seriously damaged.
Hadassah University Ein Kerem Hospital official spokeswoman Yael Bossem-Levy told the growing crowd of local and international journalists assembled outside the hospital that the Prime Minister was rushed to emergency surgery at 11:30 AM. Bossem-Levy described Sharon's condition as critical, with his life in danger.
After the scan, it was decided to operate on Sharon immediately, Bossem-Levy said in a statement. The operation was expected to last between three and six hours, she said.
A Kadima source close to Sharon told the Associated Press that the operation seemed to be "going well." Channel 10, meanwhile, reported that doctors have removed a section of the prime minister's intestine.
Sharon's sons Omri and Gilad rushed to the hospital early Saturday morning, and were followed by Sharon confidants Ilan Cohen, Dov Weisglass and Lior Horev, as well as Sharon's personal driver and peronal secretary.
It is still unclear what caused Sharon's latest deterioration. Bossem-Levy said only that the abdominal scan revealed an obstruction in the blood flow to the prime minister's intestines. It was not clear whether Sharon's doctors had stopped the regular dose of blood-thinning medication they had administered since Sharon's first stroke in December.

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