First lady Melania Trump received a visit from her husband after she underwent a ‘successful’ procedure to treat a benign kidney condition.
She was expected to remain in hospital for the rest of the week, her staff said.
She was expected to remain in hospital for the rest of the week, her staff said.
President Donald Trump took a helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre to visit her and tweeted that his wife was in ‘good spirits’.
Mrs Trump, 48, had the embolisation procedure on Monday morning.
The president spoke with Mrs Trump before the procedure and with her doctor afterwards, the first lady’s office said.
The president tweeted shortly before arriving at Walter Reed outside Washington, saying it was a ‘successful procedure’, describing his wife as being ‘in good spirits’ and offering his thanks ‘to all of the well-wishers!’
Mrs Trump, 48, had the embolisation procedure on Monday morning.
The president spoke with Mrs Trump before the procedure and with her doctor afterwards, the first lady’s office said.
The president tweeted shortly before arriving at Walter Reed outside Washington, saying it was a ‘successful procedure’, describing his wife as being ‘in good spirits’ and offering his thanks ‘to all of the well-wishers!’
The White House did not offer any additional details on Mrs Trump’s condition.
She was last seen in public on Wednesday at a White House event where she joined the president to honor military mothers and spouses for Mother’s Day.
She was last seen in public on Wednesday at a White House event where she joined the president to honor military mothers and spouses for Mother’s Day.
Two urologists who have no personal knowledge of Mrs Trump’s condition said the most likely explanation for the procedure is a kind of non-cancerous kidney tumour called an angiomyolipoma.
They are not common but tend to occur in middle-aged women, and if they become large enough, they can cause problematic bleeding, said Dr Keith Kowalczyk of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
‘The treatment of choice’ is to cut off the blood supply so the growth shrinks, added Dr Lambros Stamatakis of MedStar Washington Hospital Centre.
They are not common but tend to occur in middle-aged women, and if they become large enough, they can cause problematic bleeding, said Dr Keith Kowalczyk of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
‘The treatment of choice’ is to cut off the blood supply so the growth shrinks, added Dr Lambros Stamatakis of MedStar Washington Hospital Centre.
Heading over to Walter Reed Medical Center to see our great First Lady, Melania. Successful procedure, she is in good spirits. Thank you to all of the well-wishers!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 14, 2018
Doctors do that with an embolisation, meaning a catheter is snaked into the blood vessels of the kidney to find the right one and block it.
Most of the time, these benign tumours are found when people undergo medical scans for another reason, but sometimes people have pain or other symptoms, Dr Kowalczyk said.
Many times, embolisation patients go home the same day or the next.
The president had no public appearances scheduled for Monday and declined to answer shouted questions from reporters about how his wife was feeling as he departed the White House for Walter Reed.
The former model from Slovenia is Mr Trump’s third wife, and the couple have been married for 13 years. They have a 12-year-old son named Barron.
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