First Lady Melania Trump had a hospital-based kidney procedure last month, described as "[a]n embolization procedure to treat a benign kidney condition."  Embolization is a minimally invasive surgical technique that deliberately creates a blood vessel blockage in order to choke off the blood supply to a tumor, either benign or malignant. Reports are that Mrs. Trump had a benign condition and remained in the hospital for four days.  Some patients are discharged from the hospital sooner, and some are not, depending on each individual situation.  Some total hip or knee replacement patients are sent home the same day of surgery, while others spend a few days in the hospital. This variability was enough for the journalistic sleuths at CNN to ask, "Why is Melania Trump still in the hospital?"  It's as if CNN felt slighted that it was not part of Mrs. Trump's medical team with medical power of attorney to call the...(Read Full Post)