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Mayor Jean Stothert hasn’t yet decided whether she will have surgery after she fractured a vertebra while walking three dogs Thursday morning.

Carrie Murphy, a spokeswoman for Stothert, said she visited Thursday with the mayor, who was in good spirits.

“She’s her usual joking, pretty good-natured self for what she’s been through today,” Murphy said.

Stothert’s husband, Joe Stothert, who is a trauma surgeon, was also with her at the hospital.

Murphy said it’s not clear how long Stothert will be in the hospital. Murphy said she has canceled the mayor’s appointments Friday. A town hall meeting that was scheduled to be held Thursday evening at Saddlebrook Community Center will be rescheduled.

The mayor was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center, where she had a CT scan and an MRI exam.

She suffered a burst fracture of the L1 vertebra, which is in the lower back.

Murphy said the mayor will probably decide Friday whether to have surgery.

In October 2014, the mayor underwent foot surgery because of a longtime injury. She had the surgery on a Friday and returned to work Monday.