| By Gretchen Keiser
Surgery removing the right kidney and repairing a hernia was done on
Atlantas apostolic administrator January 8, successfully removing a tumor
on the kidney, his surgeon said.
Bishop James P. Lyke, OFM, will be hospitalized for approximately a week,
Dr. Ned Franco said, and the normal course of recovery entails five to six
weeks of recuperation at home.
Dr. Franco said a pathology report on the tumor would take approximately 36
hours after the three-hour surgery at St. Josephs Hospital, Atlanta,
which ended at about 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The report was not available when
The Georgia Bulletin went to press.
Dr. Franco, a urologist, said he could not be certain whether or not the
tumor was malignant until the pathology report was complete. Surgery is
generally completely successful, even if the tumor is malignant, he said.
In Bishop Lykes case, he said, the tumor appeared well confined
to the kidney. The liver was fine and the lymph glands and vessels appeared
normal. The outlook looks very good.
Surgery went extremely well and the bishop is generally in
excellent health, Dr. Franco said. When a kidney is removed, the second kidney
assumes the function necessary for the body, he said.
Bishop Lyke was expected to be in intensive care following surgery for at
least one day and visitors have been restricted throughout his hospital stay.
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