Dutch recovering after surgery
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger is recovering after surgery earlier this week to correct a hernia.
“Everything’s good, he’s pleased and looking forward to coming back to work,” said Heather Molino, a spokeswoman for the congressman. Molino said she did not know where Ruppersberger had his operation.
Congress is back in session this week after a week off. It’s not clear how much time Ruppersberger, a Democrat, will need to recover, Molino said.
Ruppersberger, who served as Baltimore County executive from 1994-2002, underwent the operation because doctors were concerned that, if left untreated, it could cause an infection, she said.
“It had to be fixed,” Molino said, adding that the hernia “could be related to” injuries Ruppersberger sustained in a 1975 car accident that almost took his life.
That accident broke many of the bones in his body. He was treated at what is now the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center where he required 47 pints of blood. Over the years he has had additional surgeries related to that accident.