Donald Trump's former physician, Ronny Jackson, announced on Saturday that the former president is recovering as expected from a gunshot wound to his ear sustained last week. However, Jackson noted intermittent bleeding and mentioned that Trump might need a hearing exam.
The bullet, fired by an assailant at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, missed entering Trump's head by less than a quarter of an inch and struck the top of his right ear. Jackson, now a Republican congressman from Texas who previously served as a physician to Presidents Trump and Barack Obama, provided this information.
Just five days after the assassination attempt, Trump accepted the Republican Party's presidential nomination for the November 5 election.
Jackson offered the first detailed medical description of Trump's injury in a letter posted on social media on Saturday. He stated, "The bullet track produced a 2-centimeter wide wound that extended down to the cartilaginous surface of the ear. Initially, there was significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling of the entire upper ear. The swelling has since resolved, and the wound is beginning to granulate and heal properly."
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Jackson has been evaluating and treating Trump's wound daily since the incident. He noted that no sutures were required, but due to the "highly vascular nature of the ear, there is still intermittent bleeding requiring a dressing to be in place." He added, "He will have further evaluations, including a comprehensive hearing exam, as needed."
At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Thursday, Trump recounted the assassination attempt to an attentive audience, attributing his survival to "the grace of Almighty God." He said, "I heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me really, really hard on my right ear. I said to myself, 'Wow, what was that? It can only be a bullet.'" A thick bandage was still covering his ear as he spoke.
