Jill Biden.Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP/ShutterstockDr. Jill Bidenis scheduled to undergo surgery later this month after doctors found a “small lesion” near her right eye.On Wednesday, the First Lady’s Press Secretary Vanessa Valdivia announced the upcoming procedure via Twitter.Valdivia shared a memo from PresidentJoe Biden’s physician, Kevin C. O’Connor, that stated, “During a routine skin cancer screening, a small lesion was found above the First lady’s right eye. In an abundance of caution, doctors have recommended that it be removed.“Dr. Biden, 71, is set to have the operation — also called Mohs surgery — on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at Walter Reed National Military Center “to remove and definitively examine the tissue.“O’Connor added that he will share an update following the operation.“As promised, I will keep your office appraised of any changes in her condition or treatment plan,” he concluded.In August, Dr. Biden experienceda case of “rebound” COVIDjust three days after shegot over the virusand was cleared to leave isolation.The first lady had received two consecutive negative tests and was permitted to exit isolation. She then traveled to her Delaware beach house to be reunited with the president.Three days later, Dr. Biden’s deputy communications director, Kelsey Donohue, released a statement revealing she is facing a rebound of the virus — an occasional side-effect of being treated with Paxlovid that her husband also experienced in July.RELATED VIDEO: Jill Biden Kicked Out Priest Ready with Last Rites from Joe’s Hospital Room in Long-Ago Health Crisis"The First Lady has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and will remain in Delaware where she has reinitiated isolation procedures,” Donohue stated at the time. “The White House Medical Unit has conducted contact tracing and close contacts have been notified.“The first lady who is double-vaccinated and twice boosted like her husband, initially escaped her president’s bout with COVID unscathed. It is unclear how she was exposed to the virus in the weeks after his recovery.
Jill Biden.Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Shutterstock
Dr. Jill Bidenis scheduled to undergo surgery later this month after doctors found a “small lesion” near her right eye.On Wednesday, the First Lady’s Press Secretary Vanessa Valdivia announced the upcoming procedure via Twitter.Valdivia shared a memo from PresidentJoe Biden’s physician, Kevin C. O’Connor, that stated, “During a routine skin cancer screening, a small lesion was found above the First lady’s right eye. In an abundance of caution, doctors have recommended that it be removed.“Dr. Biden, 71, is set to have the operation — also called Mohs surgery — on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at Walter Reed National Military Center “to remove and definitively examine the tissue.“O’Connor added that he will share an update following the operation.“As promised, I will keep your office appraised of any changes in her condition or treatment plan,” he concluded.In August, Dr. Biden experienceda case of “rebound” COVIDjust three days after shegot over the virusand was cleared to leave isolation.The first lady had received two consecutive negative tests and was permitted to exit isolation. She then traveled to her Delaware beach house to be reunited with the president.Three days later, Dr. Biden’s deputy communications director, Kelsey Donohue, released a statement revealing she is facing a rebound of the virus — an occasional side-effect of being treated with Paxlovid that her husband also experienced in July.RELATED VIDEO: Jill Biden Kicked Out Priest Ready with Last Rites from Joe’s Hospital Room in Long-Ago Health Crisis"The First Lady has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and will remain in Delaware where she has reinitiated isolation procedures,” Donohue stated at the time. “The White House Medical Unit has conducted contact tracing and close contacts have been notified.“The first lady who is double-vaccinated and twice boosted like her husband, initially escaped her president’s bout with COVID unscathed. It is unclear how she was exposed to the virus in the weeks after his recovery.
Dr. Jill Bidenis scheduled to undergo surgery later this month after doctors found a “small lesion” near her right eye.
On Wednesday, the First Lady’s Press Secretary Vanessa Valdivia announced the upcoming procedure via Twitter.
Valdivia shared a memo from PresidentJoe Biden’s physician, Kevin C. O’Connor, that stated, “During a routine skin cancer screening, a small lesion was found above the First lady’s right eye. In an abundance of caution, doctors have recommended that it be removed.”
Dr. Biden, 71, is set to have the operation — also called Mohs surgery — on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at Walter Reed National Military Center “to remove and definitively examine the tissue.”
O’Connor added that he will share an update following the operation.
“As promised, I will keep your office appraised of any changes in her condition or treatment plan,” he concluded.
In August, Dr. Biden experienceda case of “rebound” COVIDjust three days after shegot over the virusand was cleared to leave isolation.
The first lady had received two consecutive negative tests and was permitted to exit isolation. She then traveled to her Delaware beach house to be reunited with the president.
Three days later, Dr. Biden’s deputy communications director, Kelsey Donohue, released a statement revealing she is facing a rebound of the virus — an occasional side-effect of being treated with Paxlovid that her husband also experienced in July.
RELATED VIDEO: Jill Biden Kicked Out Priest Ready with Last Rites from Joe’s Hospital Room in Long-Ago Health Crisis
“The First Lady has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and will remain in Delaware where she has reinitiated isolation procedures,” Donohue stated at the time. “The White House Medical Unit has conducted contact tracing and close contacts have been notified.”
The first lady who is double-vaccinated and twice boosted like her husband, initially escaped her president’s bout with COVID unscathed. It is unclear how she was exposed to the virus in the weeks after his recovery.
source: people.com
