Robert Novak Diagnosed with brain tumor

Robert Novak, the Conservative political commentator has declared that he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. He said this on Monday. The diagnosis was done less than a week after he struck a pedestrian with his Corvette and drove away.

Seventy seven year old Robert Novak fell ill on Cape Cod this weekend while visiting his daughter. Immediately he was rushed to Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he was being told that he had a tumor.

"I will be suspending my journalistic work for an indefinite but, God willing, not too lengthy period." This statement is made by Robert Novak, editor of the Evans-Novak Political Report. Later it got published by Eagle Publishing.

Novak has achieved success as a columnist for a famous newspaper of United States. According to his assistant, Kathleen Connolly, doctors are yet to do a biopsy in order to determine whether the tumor was malignant or not.

Further she said that Robert Novak was alert and talking in the intensive care unit of the hospital. However Novak's office refused to disclose anything in front of media. However they only gave confirmation of the comments that were made on the newspaper’s website.

Hospital spokesman Kevin Myron confirmed that Robert Novak was a patient. She also declined to say anything as per request of Novak.

Last week, Novak was given a 50 dollars citation after hitting a poor man with his black Corvette in downtown Washington. Novak kept going until he was stopped by a bicyclist.

Dr. Lynne Taylor, a neuro-oncologist at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, said that the residents at the hospital are taught to check for brain tumors in patients who show the symptom during recent car accident of not realizing that they actually have struck something.

"People get spatial and visual neglect of a certain part of their bodies and they don't realize they've done what they've done," commented Taylor, an American Academy of Neurology’s fellow.

Robert Novak is highly acclaimed as the longtime co-host of CNN's program titled "Crossfire". He remained there from 1980 to 2005. After that he left it in order to join Fox News as an occasional contributor.

"I know Bob will confront this challenge with the same courage with which he has taken on the political establishment in Washington for decades," added House Republican Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.

House Republican Whip Roy Blunt, of Missouri, commented that Novak’s record of reporting and commenting on American elections "has never failed to demonstrate keen insight and a peerless political acumen."

"I want to join the many wishing Bob all the best as he confronts this challenge and a speedy recovery as he looks to resume his work," added Blunt.

Cyrus Freidheim, publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times too was available for comments. According to him, Robert Novak's work has been a "source of great pride" at the newspaper.

"Sometimes terse, never dull, always insightful, Bob has been on top of the inside workings of Washington politics for decades. Our profession and his many fans worldwide wish him a speedy recovery. We look forward to his return," commented Freidheim.

Source: netglimse.com