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Update: Chaffetz Recovering From Emergency Surgery

Rep. Jason Chaffetz's Instagram
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, says he'll miss three to four weeks of work for emergency foot surgery to remove hardware from an older injury he sustained.

Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz is doing well after undergoing emergency surgery.

A spokewoman for Chaffetz says the Congressman was resting comfortably Thursday after a medical procedure to his foot.   
 
 

Chaffetz was admitted to the University of Utah Hospital to resolve a complication from an injury he sustained 12 years ago after falling from a ladder.

The 50-year-old Republican lawmaker posted an X-ray to his social media account this week showing a plate and several large screws in his heel.

He said he would be taking leave from Congress for three to four weeks in order to recover from the surgery. 
 
 
 

The news came just a week after he announced he would not run for re-election and may leave before his term is up.
 
 
His spokeswoman says he will spend the next couple of days at the hospital before returning home.
 

 

This story has been updated from a previous version to reflect Chaffetz's current condition. 

Julia joined KUER in 2016 after a year reporting at the NPR member station in Reno, Nev. During her stint, she covered battleground politics, school overcrowding, and any story that would take her to the crystal blue shores of Lake Tahoe. Her work earned her two regional Edward R. Murrow awards. Originally from the mountains of Western North Carolina, Julia graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2008 with a degree in journalism. She’s worked as both a print and radio reporter in several states and several countries — from the 2008 Beijing Olympics to Dakar, Senegal. Her curiosity about the American West led her to take a spontaneous, one-way road trip to the Great Basin, where she intends to continue preaching the gospel of community journalism, public radio and podcasting. In her spare time, you’ll find her hanging with her beagle Bodhi, taking pictures of her food and watching Patrick Swayze movies.
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