Reid: Sen. Johnson 'Going to Be Just Fine' (CNN.com) POSTED: 7:30 p.m. EST, December 17, 2006

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Tim Johnson has shown significant improvement after brain surgery and doctors say "everything is going to be just fine," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Sunday.

Yet when asked whether the 59-year-old South Dakota Democrat was conscious, Reid said in a television interview: "I'm not a doctor. I have heard and talked to his family. You should talk to them. It's not appropriate to talk to me about that."

Reid, who has visited Johnson frequently after the surgery Wednesday following a brain hemorrhage, said "he's doing very well. ... His improvement has been significant."

Johnson has responded to voices, opened his eyes and moved his limbs, a spokeswoman for senator Johnson's office said.

Surgeons at the George Washington University Hospital have said Johnson was experiencing post-surgery swelling in his brain, but they said that was normal. (What happened in Johnson's brain? Video)

"Doctors tell us everything is going to be just fine," Reid said.

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