sanjay, she'll be in the hospital for the rest of the week. it sounds pretty serious, if you could be spending all of that time in the hospital? >> yeah, i think that is worth pointing out. i don't know if this is because she's the first lady or if this is because it is an abundance of caution. but if you typically hear of someone having an embolization procedure, which basically is just threading a catheter into one of the blood vessels and then using that catheter to go to an area to stop blood flow to -- in this case part of the kidney, that can -- maybe a night in the hospital and that is typical. i don't know if there -- there were more concerned about something with her in particular. but i think you're right, that that is something that i think there is still questions about why the longer hospital stay. >> well let's ask dr. bernstein, you're an expert in this area and a urologist. >> this is a procedure -- as kate said, was not emergency, but i think that staying over in the hospital for the course of the week, my guess is they're con

hi, sanjay. a hi. >> talk to me about the procedure, an embolization for benign procedure, what is it? >> that's when you thread a catheter through some of the blood vessels. in this case you're threading it to an area close to the kidney and you're injecting a glue-like substance to basically fill up the blood vessels in that area so there is no more blood flow getting to that abnormality in the kidney. if you stop the blood flow to it it can't grow any more, it starts to shrink. it also can't bleed any more. if this was an abnormality in the kidney, for example, they thought was at risk for bleeding, this is one way to treat it. this type of procedure, incidentally, don, is done by a radiologist, interventional radiologist, not something done by a surgeon typically because it does involve the catheters and the glue. that's what an embolization is. >> embolization for a benign condition. what about, sanjay, the first lady staying at walter reed for the week? is that unusual or typical for this k

sanjay, we don't have a lot of information on the afraidfirst condition. we know she'll be spending the week recovering, which seems like a long time to spend in the hospital. >> it does seem like a long time to spend in the hospital. this type of procedure, as you mentioned, an embolization procedure, it's not really surgery. it's basically threading this catheter near the kidney and injecting a glue-type substance to try and stop blood flow to an area of the kidney where the abnormality is. sometimes a procedure like that can even be done as an outpatient or an overnight stay. you worry about someone developing pain or having infection and you want to make sure that the procedure did the job that it was intended to do. but it does seem like a long time. i don't know if this is because she's the first lady, just an abundance of caution or why the longer stay. >> yeah, a lot of questions there. sanjay, the statement they put out was brief and obviously it lacked significant detail. certainly not explaining this very important point about the amount of time

sanjay gupta and kate bennett. kate, let me start with you who covers the first lady. you have so many great sources. do you have any sense of why she needs to stay in the hospital for what we've been told is a somewhat benign -- well, totally benign and somewhat routine procedure? >> no new details out of her office. she was resting comfortably i heard from sources at the hospital. things were going well after the president left. she was a bit fatigued after a day of medical procedure. she's doing well. as to how long she's staying, her office said it could be the duration of the week. that's out of an abundance of caution perhaps certainly and sanjay can address this things can go wrong, infection, all sorts of things. the first lady as i know her and have been covering her is very by the book, by the le. she's very detailed. she's also very private. i would imanee wonear that much more about this procedure. i imagine we won't hear any more information about her health until she's released from the hospital. i don't think that's not very out of the ordinary for her.

sanjay gupta coming up next. most-reliable 4g lte network in america., what if it was just us out here? yeah well, i guess, uh, didn't think about that. verizon did. (vo) go with the best. starting at $40 for four lines. >>> new details this morning on the melania trump story. she's at walter reed medical center recovering from a procedure for what's been described as a benign kidney condition. president trump just tweeting about her, our great first lady is doing really well. we'll be living hospital in two or three days. thank you for so much love and support. great news to hear that the first lady is doing better. let me just -- i want to bring in joining us now to discuss our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta and former walter reed urologist dr. greg bernstein. welcome to both of you. let's put up the statement from the first lady's communication director to just give us more background on what the white house is saying about it, this was released yesterday. melania trump underwent an embowization treatment to treat a benign kidney condit

sanjay gupta.anjay, the president with his tweet this morning said that the first lady is going to be leaving the hospital in two to three days. what do you think of the fact she is staying in the hospital for the rest of the week? >> it is a little surprising and doesn't gibe with what she's had done. i think everyone said this now. i talk to a lot of different people who perform this procedure and asked them about this. we looked at the data in terms of how long people stay after this type of procedure, which, again, was an embolization procedure to the kidney. people go home the same day, kate. sometimes people are worried about pain or something, they may keep patients overnight. whether this was done out of an abundance of caution and admittedly, she's the first lady, so things are maybe a little different with her, or is there something else still that she's going to have done while in the hospital, we just don't know at this point. but to answer your question, it is unusual. most patients wo

sanjay gupta to try to understand what exactly is going on here. sanjay, the first lady office described the surgery as an embolization procedure for a benign kidney issue. what does that mean? what is going only here? >> well, there are a bunch of terms being thrown around. first of all, it is unclear whether the first lady in fact had surgery, an open operation, or just this embolization procedure, not to minimize it, but it is different. it involves putting catheters into the blood vessels and then threading those catheters to an area close to the kidney, to basically try and inject some glue or something in the blood vessels to stop blood flow to to a particular area and in this case a particular area of kidney. why is that done? typically it is done because you've seen something that you're worried about and in terms of the potentially being able to cause bleeding or to start bleeding. and that is why it is typically done -- it could be a cancerous mass but in the statement as you point out, they are very clear, this is a benign mass. it is a

thank you so much, sanjay. i'm going to thank you for watching and also go right over to wolf blitzer who is picking up our breaking news right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. we start with our breaking news. it's happened once again right here in the united states. multiple fatalities after a shooting at a high school in texas and now fears from police as they say they have found several explosive devices both at the school and in the area. the shooting happened at santa fe high school in santa fe, texas. that's just outside houston. police say there are at least eight people dead, possibly ten. >> one person, a suspect in custody, a second possible person of interest that was detained and being questioned. there are multiple fatalities that have been confirmed. it could be anywhere from eight to ten, the majority being students. one male is in custody and then a second one, again, was a person of interest. both are believed to be students here at the school. >> at a white house event earlier today, presiden

what sanjay was talking about. obviously, he's the doctor here, but the point that he made as a layman, what i saw, and i'm sure you did as well. the fact that they're saying it's benign and maybe trying to downplay it. but at the same time, she had surgery and has to stay in the hospital for several days many she's the first lady of the united states, she's at walter reed, it could just be precaution that they're keeping her there, at the end of the day, we don't know when they say benign kidney condition, what that means. the fact that they are disclosing this. it should be something we expect and we do expect of our leaders. doesn't always happen in this white house. so we're glad that we saw it -- we got it officially from the white house. and not having to dig it up reportingwise. >> that's right. i want to bring in kate anderson brower. she follows melania's every move. this is surprising to anyone who's had their eyes on melania trump in the last week. she's been very busy, she unveiled her agenda, more than

thank you so much, sanjay. i'm going to thank you for watching and also go right over to wolf blitzer who is picking up our breaking news right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. we start with our breaking news. it's happened once again right here in the united states. multiple fatalities after a shooting at a high school in texas and now fears from police as they say they have found several explosive devices both at the school and in the area. the shooting happened at santa fe high school in santa fe, texas. that's just outside ho

our chief correspondent sanjay gupta joins me with more.njay, the fact that the first lady is staying in the hospital for another few days, does that tell us anything? >> that's the big question, anderson. i talked to doctors who perform this procedure pretty regularly, i even looked at the data of how long people typically stay in after this embolization. it's an outpatient procedure for most patients. some stay an extra day if they're worried about pain or some other problem, but to stay four days or so, which it sounds like she'll be maybe staying, it's just unusual. i just don't know what to make of it. i'm not hearing anything more from her office. it could be out of an abundance from caution. >> how is a procedure different from a surgery? >> people use these terms interchangeably and terms do matter here. a surgery is basically when you make an incision in the skin and you're actually going and examining, in this case, the kidney or an organ directly. with this procedure it's really kind of like a large i.v., anderson, that goes into

sanjay gupta, telling us about this procedure, sanjay. >> well it's knoll as an embowlization procedures. it's a -- terms matter a bit here. with a procedure it's more minimally invasive. think of it like a big iv put into one of the blues vessels and from there a catheter being put in the blood vessel and threaded up to the area around the kidney. it was in that area that the doctor embolized, to stop blood flow to take away the blood flow and not let this -- whatever this is, a mass to continue to grow, and to also prevent bleeding from this mass going forward in the future. that's the procedure. it's not a surgical procedure, which typically involves actually making an incision, and looking directly at the kidney and whatever was there. >> doctor bentschneid is with us, he used to work over at the walter reed medical center. walk us through what they're doing right now. why does chef to spend three, four, five days there. >> great question. sheer pea sure her pain is controlled. and monitoring her vital signs, making sure she's recovering and following the expected course that would o

hi, sanjay. talk to me about this procedure. >> an embolization, that's when you thread a catheter through some of the blood vessels. in this case you're threading it close to an area to the kidney and injecting a glu-like substance to basically fill up the blood vessels in that area so there's no more blood flow getting to the abnormality in the kidney. it also can't bleed anymore. so if this was an abnormality in the kidney they thought was at risk of bleeding, this is one way of to treat it. it's typically done by intervention radiologists. it's not typically done by a surgeon. but that's the goal of a procedure. that's what an embolization is. >> embolization for a benign condition. so what about, sanjay, the first lady staying at walter reed for the first week. is that unusual or typical? >> i would say that's unusual. when you think about these proceduress they can be even be done on an outpatient basis. sometimes people stay overnight because they want to make sure when this glue is blocki

sanjay gupta finds that unusual. patients are typically hospitalized one night. >> embolysm procedure. this is threading a catheter near a kidney and injecting a g g glue to stop blood flow. the benign is good. what is it that was treated here? some of the benign things that happened to the kidney are cysts. what it a mass or something else? >> the first lady's hospitalization caught everyone off guard. she has been out in public frequently attending a state dinner for the french president and greeting the three north korean detainees. the president tweeted she is in good spirits. thank you to the well wishers. we would like to wish the first lady a speedy recovery and privacy as she goes home later this week to recover. >>> it has been five days and the white house still refusing to apologize due to the aide who joked that john mccain was dying anyway. the white house focusing on the leak that brought sadler's remark to light. the president calling the story an overexaggeration. >> kellyanne conway selling the same

sanjay gupta. what do we know about the procedure? >> it means that you think of it like a catheter that is being thread through some of the blood vessels. it goes close to the kidney to where this abnormality is, was. you think of it as glue being injected into the blood vessels and trying to cut off the blood supply to the abnormality. if it was at risk of bleeding, it decreases the risk. and when you cut off the blood supply it shrinks the mass as well. that is what we know about the procedure. it is something that is sometimes done before other operations are done. if you are thinking about trying to do a procedure in the future for example, we don't know that. we know this em bolization sounds like it was successful. and we heard she is resting comfortably so far. >> why would you need this procedure? they say there is a mass that is benign. >> they did use the word benign and there are certain masses that are benign meaning they are not cancerous but still at risk for bleeding. that is why you would use this procedure. stop the

sanjay gupta finds that unusual. he says the patients with this type of procedure are typically hospitalized for just one night. >> this procedure is not really surgery. it is basically threading the catheter near the kidney and injecting a glue-type substance to try to stop blood flow near the kidney. the benign is good. we don't want it to be anything other than benign. what is it that was treated here? the benign things to a kidney. cysts. it is not treated in this manner. was this a mass? was it something else? >> so many questions. the first lady's hospitalization caught everyone off guard. she has been out in public frequently lately attending the state dinner for the french president and greeting three u.s. detainees from north korea last week with her husband. president trump tweeting heading to walter reed to see our first lady melania. she is in good spirits. thank you to all of the well wishers. we, too, would like to wish the first lady a speedy recovery. >>> it has been five days and the white house refu

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sanjay gupta.s about this embolization procedure, what kind of hospital stay this would normally involve. >> this is a procedure as opposed to a surgery where you're actually making an incision and examining the kidney in this case directly. with this it's sort of like a large i.v., if you will, in one of the blood vessels and a catheter is put through that blood vessel and threaded to the area up around the kidney and around this abnormality specifically. then a type of glue substance, something that basically blocks the blood vessels is injected to basically eliminate any more blood flow to this area that's abnormal. you want that area to not receive blood flow and eventually it causes it to wither away. or if it's at risk of bleeding in some way, it will really limit that risk of bleeding. they do this in various parts of the body, in this case on the kidney. to the second part of your question, someone could go have this procedure done in the morning and go home the same day. an outpatient proc

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sanjay gupta. have you ever heard of such a thing?that even legal for a doctor to release something that was written by a president? >> no. i mean, never heard of such a thing. i don't know about the legality of it. it is certainly unprofessional. it is unethical. i haven't heard of it. and we kind of anticipated or expected or not surprised by this. not only because of the hyperbol hyperbol hyperbolic -- what i immediately thought of besides what was in the letter and the types of terms that were used. also makes me question even more what was not in the letter. if specific things are being told to say put in the letter then what was not in the letter. not only with dr. bornstein, but with dr. ronny jackson. there was a lot of hyperbolic language used there as well and that is concerning. because the language aside, you need to know everything. what do we know about the president's health right now? it is hard to say based on this new reporting. >> and alex, i understand dr. bornstein told then candidate trump what he couldn't put in

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sanjay gupta. have you ever heard of such a thing?o release something that was written by a patient? can i call up my doctor and dictate a letter to him? >> no. i mean, never heard of such a thing. i don't know about the legality of it. it is certainly unprofessional. it is unethical. i haven't heard of it. and we kind of anticipated or expected or not surprised by this. not only because of the hyper bollic exaggerated nature of the letter. but but because the letter says everything was positive, which is a bad thing in medicine. the other thing i want to point out, ander rer son, what i immediately thought of, besides what was in the letter and the types of terms that were used, it also makes me now question even more what was not in the letter. if specific things are being told to say put in the letter then what was not in the letter. not only with dr. bornstein, but with dr. ronny jackson. i was at that press briefing that he gave. there was a lot of hyperbolic language used there as well and that is concerning. because the languag

sanjay gupta is here to try to help us answer some of them. can you explain what it is we know about the procedure the first lady underwent today? >> it's called an embolization procedure. basically what that means is a catheter is typically threaded in through one of the blood vessels. it's threaded into an area that's close to the kidney. and through that catheter, then, something can be injected. in this case, it can be a type of glue and the purpose is to try and stop the blood vessels from traveling to that abnormality. whatever it was that they were treating in the kidney. stop the blood flow there if it was at risk of bleeding, whatever this abnormality is, it can decrease that risk as well. it's worth pointing out this is typically a type of procedure, anderson, not performed in an operating room, but usually by an interventional radiologist in a radiology suite typically. it's something that's done in a sta sterile way, why you have the scrubs and everyone wearing sterile gowns. it's an intradiology procedure. >> the statement from th

which is a point sanjay gupta made, frank, about that, right, with cardiovascular disease.sident exaggerates, we all know that. he loves to use words like extraordinary and his stamina and all this stuff. he used stamina in a tweet today, as a matter of fact. this fits his mold. this sounds like him, certainly. >> oh, yeah. it's funny. now it all makes sense when you hear that he dictated this. but it's another one of those examples and a pretty crazy one of the extent to the lengths the president will go to, you know, to project a certain kind of image and how little regard he has for the truth. he is -- and also what a kind of shady cast of characters he gathers around him. he found a doctor willing to play so fast and loose that this guy would let donald trump dictate a letter about his own health, use ridiculous phrases like astonishingly excellent. if you used that on air, you'd be subject to ridicule for the next month. >> i would. >> and signed his name to it. and the last laugh is on donald trump because the same fast and loose guy who signed that letter then in feb

sanjay gupta initially was saying and describing this procedure which he described as pretty routine, you do need to stay still. and it might be out of an abundance of caution she's staying a few extra days. i don't think we should be speculating on whether or not she has a condition that's more dangerous. she's an extremely private person. and i think that is probably very hard for her. it sounds like it was scheduled and she had to put this off until after she organized the entire state dinner for the macrons. executed the dinner. launched her be best initiative and had these other occasions in the spotlight which she does not pref to be in and has been putting this off. if it requires further treatment, she's such a private person i imagine she just doesn't want us to know that yet. >> right. >> and so that's something we have to all hope she heals well and quickly, but we have to respect the fact that this is a person who is the polar opposite of her husband and really intends to be out of the spotlight and out of the news as much as possible. >> john, arguably uncomfortable with