Nebraska’s Republican governor, Jim Pillen, was in the ICU at a hospital on Monday. to receive treatment for injuries After he was thrown from his horse while riding with his family the other day.
Pillen, 68, was admitted to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was being treated for a spleen that was injured when he rode a new horse.
Doctors said Pillain’s prognosis was positive. Even though he had 7 broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung, slightly broken spine and a minor kidney injury that is expected to heal on its own. He is expected to remain in the hospital for at least another day. But his condition has stabilized.
The governor underwent a minimally invasive procedure called prophylactic embolization for a splenic injury. Doctors inserted a wire into his artery near his spleen. and inserted a stent to stop the bleeding, according to Hillman Terzian, a trauma surgeon at Nebraska Medicine.
Nebraska Governor JIM PILLEN hospitalized after he was ridden off
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen was in the ICU at the hospital on Monday. to treat his injuries after he had been thrown from his horse the day before. (Getty Images)
Terzian said Pillen did well during surgery. He had to be calm because of this. The operation took less than an hour, and Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly acted as then-governor in a routine transfer of power.
The provincial governor did not suffer any damage. to his nervous system and had no injuries to the head, neck, or spinal cord. According to Terzian
Pillen has been inspired to get out of bed and walk around, Terzian said, noting that this “Very impressive”
Doctors say admission to the ICU is common for people with splenic injuries. similar to pillane’s disease and had broken ribs as he got older. Terzian said the governor had “The prognosis is very good.”
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Republican Governor of Nebraska Jim Pillen is being treated at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. (Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)
“We don’t expect anyone with an injury to be able to get up and run a marathon the next day. But we like to get them out of bed. To show us that they can pick up little things like that,” Terzian said.
The most important thing for Pillén’s doctors right now is controlling his pain.
No other surgery is planned. Doctors, though, have options for saving his ribs, Terzian said.
Pillén arranged to work from his hospital room.
The governor’s office said his injuries were serious. But it is not life-threatening. And it could be much worse.
Gov. Pillén is recovering from seven broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung. slightly broken spine and a minor kidney injury that is expected to heal on its own. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
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Pillen was elected governor in 2022, running in that year’s gubernatorial election. This is because former Governor Pete Ricketts, also a Republican, is term-limited.
The provincial governor previously worked as a veterinarian and owned a livestock business. Elected to the state’s highest office.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
