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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent a lobectomy on Friday, to treat an early stage of lung cancer. Doctors expect the 85-year-old justice to make a full recovery.
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The cancer was discovered incidentally after Ginsburg fell, fracturing several ribs in November. In taking CT-scans of her ribs, doctors noticed an abnormality in one lobe of the lung. Subsequent biopsies and other initial tests revealed two non-small cell cancerous lesions, with no lymph-node involvement detectable.
According to a pres release from the Supreme Court:
“According to the thoracic surgeon Valerie Rusch, both nodules removed during surgery were found to be malignant on initial pathology evaluation. Post-surgery, there was no evidence of any remaining disease. Scans performed before surgery indicated no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body. Currently, no further treatment is planned. Justice Ginsburg is resting comfortably and is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days.”
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Okay. Okay. The only thing standing between civilization and the final triumph of Mordor is an 85-year-old multiple cancer survivor… but she’s a “survivor.” She’s fine. Everything is fine.
Joe Patrice points out that they maybe never would have even found those nodules if she hadn’t broken her ribs. Which is a good point. Maybe God does exist, have a plan, and that plan is not to watch us all die in a fire and laugh.
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I refer you again to my court packing proposal. The entire rule of law should not rest on the whims of human frailty.
Get better soon, Justice Ginsburg.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Surgery For Lung Cancer [NPR]
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