KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Former Kansas Senator Bob Dole is recovering after several medical procedures were done on his left leg.
Dole was hospitalized last week in Washington with a sharply elevated heart rate and doctors discovered a problem with open sores on both of his legs.
The surgeons at Walter Reed Army Medical Center determined immediate surgery was necessary and have performed several operations on his left leg.
"I am recovering nicely thanks to the great doctors, nurses and staff at Walter Reed,” Dole said Friday morning. “I have been coming to Walter Reed for over 40 years and I hope to be out by my birthday, July 22. It has been painful but I think I will be fine."
Doctors say both of Dole’s legs are healing well and they hope to perform a skin graft to repair his left leg on Monday.
