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Nebraska Republican Gov. Jim Pillen was in intensive care at a hospital Monday to be treated for injuries after he was thrown from a horse while riding with his family the day before.
Pillen, 68, was treated at Nebraska Medical Center a Omaha, Nebraskawhere he underwent medical intervention for an injury to his spleen sustained when he was taken off a new horse.
Doctors said Pillen’s prognosis was positive despite seven broken ribs, a partially collapsed lung, a minor fracture in one of his vertebrae and a minor kidney injury that is expected to heal on its own. He is expected to remain in the hospital for at least another day, but is listed in stable condition.
The governor underwent a minimally invasive procedure called prophylactic embolization for the spleen injury. Doctors ran a wire into her arteries near her spleen and inserted coils to stop the bleeding, according to Nebraska Medicine trauma surgeon Hillman Terzian.
NEBRASKA GOV. JIM PILLEN HOSPITALIZED AFTER HE WAS TAKEN BY A HORSE
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was in intensive care at a hospital Monday to treat injuries he suffered after being thrown from a horse the day before. (Getty Images)
Terzian said Pillen did well during the procedure, for which he was sedated. The operation lasted less than an hour, and GOP Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly acted as interim governor in a routine transfer of power.
The governor suffered no damage to his nervous system and there were no signs of injury to his head, neck or spinal canal, according to Terzian.
Pillen has been encouraged to get out of bed and is already doing laps, said Terzian, who noted that this is “very impressive.”
The doctor said it was in intensive care it is normal for people with a spleen injury similar to Pillen’s and rib fractures at his age. Terzian said the governor had “a very good prognosis.”
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Nebraska’s Republican governor, Jim Pillen, was treated at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. (Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)
“We don’t expect anybody with their injuries to be running a marathon the next day, but we like them to be out of bed, to show us they can pick up small objects, that kind of thing,” Terzian said. .
The biggest priority for Pillen’s doctor right now is getting his pain under control.
No other operations are planned, although doctors have options for treating her ribs, Terzian said.
Pillen has made arrangements to work from his hospital room.
The governor’s office said his injuries were serious, but not life-threatening, and could have been much worse.
Governor Pillen is recovering from seven broken ribs, a partially collapsed lung, a minor fracture in one of his vertebrae and a minor kidney injury that is expected to heal on its own. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
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Pillen was elected governor in 2022 and ran in that year’s gubernatorial election because former governor Pete Ricketts, also a Republican, was term-limited.
The governor worked as a veterinarian and owned a cattle farm before him elected to the highest office of the state.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
