Top cop Eddie Johnson: ‘I feel great’ after weekend stay in hospital for blood clot

Hours after he was released after a blood clot put him in the hospital for the weekend, Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said he “felt great” and was eager to get back to work.

Johnson was admitted to Rush University Medical Center on Friday after doctors found the clot during his annual stress test.

“I feel great, but those kind of things can happen to anybody,’’ he told reporters at a press conference Monday afternoon. “ ... They’re just going to treat it with medication. But other than that, I’m good to go.”

Johnson appeared upbeat and energetic and did not appear under the weather. He even joked about the quality of the food at Rush.

“As hospital food goes, they got some of the best over there. So I appreciate everything that they did,” he said.

Last week, doctors at Rush said the stress test results were “normal,” but said a “small blood clot in his lung” needed observation, the hospital said in a tweet.

In August 2017, Johnson underwent kidney transplant surgery at Rush. His son Daniel, now an officer in the Gresham District on the South Side, was the donor.

Johnson said the current health issue “has nothing to do with the kidney transplant. Blood clots can happen to anybody, it just happened to happen to me.”

And despite another “horrible weekend” of violence, Johnson was ready to get back to leading the Chicago police force.

“I’m glad that they caught it, but now I have work to do,” he said.