10 Quotes by Dr. Ratnathicam

He had a rupture of the appendix. This was a very early kind of rupture in a sense that it had just broken through probably, so there was no close contamination of the cavity, of the intestinal cavity.

He had expressed a desire to go home this morning. But he was quite happy to listen to us and follow what we had to say.

The governor's doing great. He's up and about.

The governor is in good spirits. He is a little tired, as all of us are, because we've been up all night.

The governor is doing fine. He's in good spirits.

So far he hasn't had any at all. We're being very cautious.

In this case, this was a very early kind of rupture. It had just broken through. There was no gross contamination of the abdomen.

His bowels have not started moving as we expect them to and as we would like them to, so we're going to have to keep him in another day.

His intestinal function still has not returned to normal. The only progress I have to report is that there doesn't seem to be any sign of an infection.