Clinton aims to return to work next week
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is upbeat and planning to return to work next week.
Only hours after being released from hospital after treatment for a blood clot, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was Thursday hoping to end a month-long absence and be back at work next week.
"She s resting at home," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters. "Some of the senior staff who spoke to her about half an hour ago say that she s sounding terrific, upbeat, raring to go."
The globe-trotting 65-year-old diplomat was admitted to New York Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday after a routine scan revealed the clot in a vein behind her right ear in the space between her skull and her brain.
It was just the latest in a series of health scares, which have grounded the normally tireless Clinton, who in four years in office has traveled almost a million miles and visited a record-breaking 112 countries.
Clinton left hospital late Wednesday after three days of treatment, including spending New Year s Eve in a hospital bed, and doctors who have prescribed her blood thinners say they expect her to make a full recovery.
"She s looking forward to getting back to the office," Nuland said. "She is very much planning to do so next week. And we ll have further, precise details about that as she continues to make progress."
Nuland said there had been an outpouring of support for Clinton from well-wishers from around the world. "I think you could call the number of goodwill messages a tsunami," she said.
It is unlikely however, that Clinton will be taking any more foreign trips as secretary after doctors recommended that she forego air travel for a while.
