Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner continues her recovery from acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis. The patient is showing a slow recovery from postoperative ileus. She remains under peritoneal drainage and intravenous antibiotic treatment, the statement signed by the medical director of the Otamendi Clinic, Marisa Lafranconi, said. Postoperative ileus is a temporary paralysis of the intestine that occurs after surgery due to surgical stress, according to the Argentine News Agency. Cristina Kirchner is staying in a private room, where she spent Christmas and New Year's Eve. The lack of known public activity from the former leader is causing concern in her circle and among supporters who hope the Kirchnerism leader will soon show signs of improvement. Her hospitalization due to complications that led to surgery occurred amid the prison sentence she is serving under house arrest in the framework of the case for the direction of public works in Santa Cruz during her presidency.
