Word: nager
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first postoperative bulletins were reassuring: Hospital Spokesman Norman Nager told reporters that "the doctors are looking rather pleased," and in a press conference, Dr. Hickman said: "Mr. Nixon is doing well post-op. He's stable. He's in his room undergoing a normal recovery period. It was an uneventful procedure." Then, six hours after the operation, intensive bleeding, perhaps behind the abdominal cavity, sent Nixon into sudden vascular shock. For three hours doctors battled to restore his vital signs to normal. Said shaken Nixon Aide Ron Ziegler the next day: "We almost lost President Nixon yesterday...