Cardinal Egan in hospital with stomach pains

He was supposed to have a pacemaker put in his heart:

Cardinal Edward M. Egan remained hospitalized on Sunday with stomach pains as doctors first scheduled and then postponed an operation to install a pacemaker at St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York said on Sunday.

Cardinal Egan, who turned 77 on Thursday, experienced stomach pain and was driven in his private car to St. Vincent’s late Saturday night, and the doctors ordered him held overnight for further testing, said Joseph Zwilling, director of communications for the archdiocese.

On Sunday, doctors scheduled the pacemaker operation for Monday morning, but then postponed the operation, telling Cardinal Egan that it was not an emergency and that he should get his strength back and eliminate his stomach pain first, Mr. Zwilling said. It was unclear on Sunday whether there was a connection between his stomach pains and the recommendation for a pacemaker. (New York Times)