Keillor eager to ‘get right back to work’ after minor stroke
Minnesota humorist and author Garrison Keillor suffered a minor stroke and has been at the Mayo
Clinic's St. Marys Hospital in Rochester since Monday evening.
Keillor, 67, "is up and moving around, speaking sensibly, working at a laptop, and it's expected he'll be released on Friday," Mayo spokesman Karl Oestreich said Wednesday. "He plans to resume a normal schedule next week."
In 2001, Keillor underwent open-heart surgery at Mayo for what was described as a common valve repair.
A Facebook page for the host of radio's "A Prairie Home Companion" initially reported his hospitalization on Tuesday, unleashing dozens of get-well wishes in response.
Star Tribune by Paul Walsh, 09/09/09
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Tags: Cardiology, Celebrity Patients, stroke