West Hollywood Mayor John Duran took to Facebook at 7 AM today and effectively resigned as Mayor of West Hollywood. John D’Amico, as Mayor Pro Tem will take over the duties of Mayor of West Hollywood.

The post reads as follows:

“HEALTH Update – Thank you all for the flowers, cards, emails, texts, social media posts checking in on me. Blood clots are dangerous and something I have had to contend with for over 20 years. I take them very seriously because they cause strokes, heart attacks and have taken a couple of close friends of mine recently.

“I continue to work with my doctors to try and get my blood and body in the right balance. I am supposed to slow down to half speed and rest for the next30 days. I was in the hospital for one week and that did help me slow down since I couldn’t get very far with an IV in my arm.