I had family visiting the past few days and didn’t look closely at the paper, so I only realized today that Congressman Leonard Boswell was hospitalized this week:

Boswell, 74, underwent surgery on Wednesday that “made some corrections” to surgery he had in 2005 to remove a non-cancerous tumor from his abdomen, said his chief of staff, Susan McAvoy.

She said that the surgery was not as major as the 2005 operation, and it was performed by the same Washington physician who treated Boswell three years ago.

“He’s doing well and hopefully will be back to work very soon,” she said, though she declined to speculate on how long that might be. “They’re really hoping for a quick recovery.”

The Bleeding Heartland community also hopes Boswell will be back in his office before long.