The Hill News

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) remains "in serious but stable condition" after undergoing surgery on Wednesday night, Northwestern Memorial Hospital neurosurgeon Richard Fessler said on Thursday.

Kirk, who suffered a stroke on Saturday, had an additional surgery late Wednesday to help relieve brain swelling as a result of the stroke, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

"The procedure, which removed two small pieces of tissue previously destroyed and rendered non-functional by the senator's stroke, was completed successfully and without complication," Fessler said.

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