Jimmy Carter Recovering After Surgery To Relieve Pressure On Brain

Former President Jimmy Carter (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
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Former President Jimmy Carter was hospitalized Monday for surgery to relieve pressure on his brain after a series of falls. He is currently recovering after the procedure, according to the Carter Center.

According to the AP, he has fallen at least three times this year. After one in October, he was helping build a Habitat for Humanity house just days after receiving 14 stitches.

Maranatha Baptist Church, Carter’s home church in his tiny hometown of Plains, Georgia, announced that he will not be teaching Sunday school this week.

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  1. Avatar for hoagie hoagie says:

    Sending all good thoughts and wishes President Carter’s way. He’s a good man.

  2. Mr. President please take it easy, I know you’d want to be around to see the next election results. We won’t let you down.

  3. So nice to have someone so honorable as an ex White House resident. As opposed to the current squatter.

  4. Maybe if the current squatter resigned, Carter would have less pressure on his brain.

  5. “…he was helping build a Habitat for Humanity house just days after receiving 14 stitches.”

    Trump: “Have you SEEN those dumps he builds? No gold lamé, no crystal, no marble. Sad!”

    (President Carter has more class in just one of those 14 stitches than Donald ever will.)

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