{"id":2383727,"date":"2024-12-26T11:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T16:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nebraska-governor-to-undergo-rib-surgery-after-horse-riding-incident-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T11:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T16:23:56","slug":"nebraska-governor-to-undergo-rib-surgery-after-horse-riding-incident-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nebraska-governor-to-undergo-rib-surgery-after-horse-riding-incident-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska governor to undergo rib surgery after horse-riding incident &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnebraska-governor-to-undergo-rib-surgery-after-horse-riding-incident-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2383727&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ray-epps-charged-with-misdemeanor-over-j6-capitol-protest\/\" title=\"Ray Epps faces misdemeanor charges for his involvement in the J6 Capitol protest.\">provided text appears<\/a> \u2063to contain a snippet of HTML\u200b code intended for\u2064 a web page. 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Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly will take on the role of acting governor during the surgery.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Based on the Governor&rsquo;s health profile and active lifestyle, his doctors consider him an ideal candidate for this procedure. Nebraska Medicine has emerged as a national leader in rib fixation operations,&rdquo; the governor&rsquo;s office wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, the Governor&rsquo;s office issued the following update regarding Governor Jim Pillen&rsquo;s condition:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Governor Pillen&rsquo;s recovery at Nebraska Medicine has progressed well. There have been no new issues regarding the injuries to his kidney and lung, and his spleen continues to heal&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Jim Pillen (@TeamPillen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamPillen\/status\/1872100649644515815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The governor was riding a new horse with his daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter&nbsp;when he fell. In addition to his rib fractures, he suffered a partially collapsed lung, lacerations on his spleen and kidney, and a minor vertebrae fracture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gov. Pillen remains grateful for the exceptional care he is receiving by the team at Nebraska Medicine and thanks Nebraskans for their outpouring of support to him and his family during this time,&rdquo; Pillen&rsquo;s office wrote.<\/p>\n<p>This surgery will result in Pillen remaining in the hospital for a few days following his surgery. 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