Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Been Released from the Hospital Following Lung Cancer Surgery
In what may be the best Christmas gift ever, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has reportedly been discharged from the hospital following surgery to remove lung cancer.
In an email to CNN, Kathy Arberg, a public information officer for the Supreme Court, told reporters that Justice Ginsburg had been released from the hospital on Christmas Day and is now “recuperating at home,” following the announcement on December 21 that she would be undergoing surgery for lung cancer.
RBG has had a rough winter. Last month, a bad fall left the Supreme Court Justice hospitalized with three broken ribs, and it was during this time that doctors first discovered two cancerous nodules on her left lung. To remove them, Justice Ginsburg “underwent a pulmonary lobectomy” at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York this week, according to an official statement from the Supreme Court.
According to RBG’s surgeon, the nodules removed during surgery were found to be malignant, but “scans performed before surgery indicated no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body.” Her surgeon confirmed RBG appears to be in the clear and “no further treatment is planned.”
In reaction to her the surgery, Twitter has seen an outpouring of support for the Supreme Court Justice over the past week, with fans hilariously praising Justice Ginsburg’s “brass ovaries” and wishing her a speedy recovery.
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Previously, Justice Ginsburg has said she plans to serve on the Supreme Court for at least another five years. And while her recent repeated trips to the hospital have some worried she may not be able to hold out for that long, Ginsburg appears to be tackling business with her usual moxie, just this week voting against President Trump’s proposed immigrant asylum restrictions bill from her hospital bed.
Luckily, the Justices are not scheduled to return to office for official business until January 4, which gives Justice Ginsburg some extra time to recover.
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