Doctors state that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's blood clot formed in her head is pretty serious, the condition is treatable and they expect her to fully recover.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was hospitalized on Sunday for a blood clot that was found near her brain. While doctors said her condition is serious, they expect her to recover fully as they treat her with blood thinners to try to dissolve the clot.
"She will be released once the medication dose has been established," according to the statement from Dr. Lisa Bardack and Dr. Gigi El-Bayoumi. "In all other aspects of her recovery, the secretary is making excellent progress, and we are confident she will make a full recovery. She is in good spirits, engaging with her doctors, her family and her staff."
"Mrs. Clinton is very lucky that this was found just on a routine exam," Keith Black, a professor and chairman of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles said. "This could have been very serious if it had not been recognized and if the clot had expanded."
Sources close to her also confirmed that she is looking forward to return to work soon.
"Yep, she's looking forward to getting back to the office this week and resuming her schedule (plan is Wednesday)," Clinton's close aide, Philippe Reines, replied to an e-mail inquiry from the New York Times.
David Rothkopf, an acting Commerce Department under secretary in the Bill Clinton administration, expressed his disgust on how allies and foes are politicizing the former Secretary of State's health.
"It's a sign of the level of politicization that this woman could be lying in a hospital bed dealing with a serious issue and the first reaction of all these people is politics," Rothkopf said. "There's no politics in a blood clot.
"The point is," he added, "people should just stop and be human beings."
