NEW YORK - Lindsay Lohan was to have surgery to remove her appendix, her
publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, said Thursday.
Actress Lindsay Lohan(L) poses with
Joe Francis outside a South Beach hotel in the early morning hours, 02
January in Miami Beach, Florida.AFP]
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Zelnik declined to give
details. In response to a query by The Associated Press, Zelnik said in an
e-mail that the 20-year-old actress was "having her appendix removed. She is
resting comfortably."
Celebrity Web site TMZ reported Zelnik as saying Lohan wasn't feeling well
Wednesday and had gone to a doctor, who performed several tests and determined
that she was suffering from appendicitis.
Doctors asked her to return to the hospital Thursday to remove her appendix
as a precaution, TMZ said.
Lohan, whose screen credits include "Bobby," "A Prairie Home Companion" and
"Freaky Friday," was treated for several hours at a Los Angeles area hospital
last July for overheating and dehydration after being overcome by the heat on
the set of "Georgia Rule."
She was treated at hospitals twice in January 2006 ¡ª in
London for a cut on her leg and in the Miami area for an asthma attack. In 2005,
she was hospitalized for exhaustion and lost a noticeable amount of weight.