WASHINGTON — The White House said Saturday morning that the first lady, Melania Trump, had returned home after spending almost five days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center recovering from a procedure for a kidney condition. 
 
 In a statement, Mrs. Trump’s communications director, Stephanie Grisham, said the first lady was “resting comfortably and remains in high spirits.” 
 
 The president, who visited the military hospital three times this past week, wrote on Twitter: “Great to have our incredible First Lady back home in the White House. Melania is feeling and doing really well. Thank you for all of your prayers and best wishes!” 
 
 After a procedure on Monday, the White House said Mrs. Trump would probably remain at Walter Reed “for the duration of the week.” The next day, President Trump said the recovery would be “two or three days.” But on Friday, as that time frame expired, the West Wing and Mrs. Trump’s office would not comment on the first lady’s whereabouts, leading to speculation about the seriousness of her condition. 

 (CNN) President Donald Trump welcomed first lady Melania Trump home from the hospital Saturday, but initially misspelled her name as "Melanie" in a tweet. 
 
 "Great to have our incredible First Lady back home in the White House. Melania is feeling and doing really well. Thank you for all of your prayers and best wishes!" he wrote after initially tweeting and deleting the same message with a typo of the first lady's name. 
 
 Great to have our incredible First Lady back home in the White House. Melania is feeling and doing really well. Thank you for all of your prayers and best wishes! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 19, 2018 
 
 The first lady returned home on Saturday following a Monday procedure, her office confirmed in a statement. 
 
 "The first lady returned home to the White House this morning. She is resting comfortably and remains in high spirits," said Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's communications director. "Our office has received thousands of calls and emails wishing Mrs. Trump well, and we thank everyone who has taken the time to reach out." 
 
 Trump has been recuperating at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center since she underwent a kidney embolization procedure on Monday. Grisham said Monday that the first lady was expected to stay in the hospital for the duration of the week. 
 
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– White House watchers have one less thing to speculate about after first lady Melania Trump returned home Saturday from a five-day stay at Walter Reed Medical Center. The first lady is "resting comfortably and remains in high spirits," a rep said in a statement, per the New York Times. Asked about speculation over Trump's longer-than-expected stay after a kidney procedure, the rep said that "every patient is different. Mrs. Trump has a medical team that is comfortable with her care, which is all that matters. Her recovery and privacy are paramount and I will have no further comment beyond this." "Great to have our incredible First Lady back home in the White House. Melania is feeling and doing really well. Thank you for all of your prayers and best wishes!" tweeted President Trump, though CNN notes that he misspelled his wife's name as "Melanie" in the original tweet. Trump had no public events on his schedule on the day of his wife's return.