STARSMIN, Well. -- More than two months after a near-fatal brain aneurysm, Wellington Gov. Wade Quanson has returned to work.
Quanson, 61, was speaking at an event at the state capitol building back on October 6, 2017, when he suddenly collapsed.
He was rushed to nearby Two Rivers Hospital in downtown Starksmin, and was hospitalized for almost a month.
The aneurysm was small but life-threatening. Doctors were forced to perform immediate surgery to repair the damage to a brain artery.
Immeditely, Lt. Gov. Liz McKinn (C) took over as acting-governor.
Quanson survived, however, and after weeks of rehabilitation, he returned to work this past week. He received a standing ovation from state lawmakers in the capitol building.
"Thank you, thank you all. I'm grateful to be back, grateful to be alive and grateful to get back to work for the people of Wellington," he said.
Doctors say Quanson is recovering nicely.
"His latest check looks good. We encouraged him to rest and not over-do it with his gubernatorial duties and he appears to have followed that instruction," said Dr. Abdul Khalid Darma.
"The governor owes a lot of credit to the people and the first responders at the event he was speaking at. Had they not gotten him help immediately and taken him directly to the hospital, he probably would not have survived," Dr. Nadal Caruigi said at a press conference Friday.
Quanson did scale back his public appearances since the incident, but he told the media Friday he is feeling "great" and "re-invigorated" and looking forward to getting back to normal.
"This was a little speed bump in the road for me, but I'm back to normal now, I feel great and I look forward to resuming a normal schedule."
He added that he is grateful for his "wonderful family, friends, staff, colleagues, doctors and the people of this state for supporting me and being patient with my absence."
Additionally, this week, Quanson announced he will seek re-election in 2018. He is currently serving his first term as governor.
Quanson, 61, was speaking at an event at the state capitol building back on October 6, 2017, when he suddenly collapsed.
He was rushed to nearby Two Rivers Hospital in downtown Starksmin, and was hospitalized for almost a month.
The aneurysm was small but life-threatening. Doctors were forced to perform immediate surgery to repair the damage to a brain artery.
Immeditely, Lt. Gov. Liz McKinn (C) took over as acting-governor.
Quanson survived, however, and after weeks of rehabilitation, he returned to work this past week. He received a standing ovation from state lawmakers in the capitol building.
"Thank you, thank you all. I'm grateful to be back, grateful to be alive and grateful to get back to work for the people of Wellington," he said.
Doctors say Quanson is recovering nicely.
"His latest check looks good. We encouraged him to rest and not over-do it with his gubernatorial duties and he appears to have followed that instruction," said Dr. Abdul Khalid Darma.
"The governor owes a lot of credit to the people and the first responders at the event he was speaking at. Had they not gotten him help immediately and taken him directly to the hospital, he probably would not have survived," Dr. Nadal Caruigi said at a press conference Friday.
Quanson did scale back his public appearances since the incident, but he told the media Friday he is feeling "great" and "re-invigorated" and looking forward to getting back to normal.
"This was a little speed bump in the road for me, but I'm back to normal now, I feel great and I look forward to resuming a normal schedule."
He added that he is grateful for his "wonderful family, friends, staff, colleagues, doctors and the people of this state for supporting me and being patient with my absence."
Additionally, this week, Quanson announced he will seek re-election in 2018. He is currently serving his first term as governor.
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