Barbara Walters' Recovery From Heart Surgery Going 'Very Well'

Entertainment Tonight, Thursday, May 27, 2010, 7:44pm (PDT)

Barbara Walters is sharing how she's feeling while recovering from the heart-valve replacement surgery she underwent earlier this month.

Walters had planned on emceeing an event honoring Placido Domingo at El Museo del Barrio's annual gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City on Thursday. Instead, the recuperating "View" co-host wrote a letter to the famed tenor, which was read aloud at the ceremony by fashion designer Oscar de la Renta.

"Dear Placido: Only an injured heart would keep me from being with you tonight," Walters said in her letter to the special lifetime achievement award honoree. "You may have heard that I have had recent surgery to replace a faulty heart valve. I am doing very well but not quite ready to jump rope or go out. How I wish I could say these things in person."

Previously, Walters' rep told ET that doctors were pleased with the outcome of her surgery.

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