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The Sun-Times reports:<\/a><\/p>\n

Cardinal Francis George was in intensive care this morning after returning to the operating room late Thursday night for additional surgery after experiencing unstable blood pressure and a drop in his blood count despite having received blood transfusions. <\/p>\n

The cardinal went in to surgery just before midnight and underwent a two-hour procedure to repair a blood vessel, according to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. <\/p>\n

The decision to operate was made after discussions with the cardinal, according to a statement on the archdiocese’s Web site.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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