Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday he was “deathly afraid” as his 90-year-old wife underwent surgery over the weekend.
Rosalynn Carter was recovering at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after surgeons removed scar tissue from a portion of her small intestine early Sunday. Meanwhile, her husband of 71 years kept his scheduled appearance Monday at a President’s Day event at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in his hometown of Plains.
Jimmy Carter addressed concerns about his wife’s health and surgery in remarks to several hundred people attending the holiday event.
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