Reid says he has temporarily lost vision in right eye

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Source: Las Vegas Sun

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid has temporarily lost vision in his right eye and is under doctor’s orders to stay home after a New Year’s Day exercise accident in which he broke several ribs and bones in his face.

In an interview today on KNPR radio, his first since the accident, Reid said he could miss attending the next week of Congress. Reid worked from home this week.

... His right eye is filled with blood and doctors are monitoring the situation, he said. He can take 25-minute walks, but he tries to avoid reading emails and exercise is “out of the question,” he said.

Tests at University Medical Center in Las Vegas found no bleeding in the brain or any other internal bleeding, spokesman Adam Jentleson said.

Read more: http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/jan/09/reid-says-he-has-temporarily-lost-vision-right-eye/

[TwilightGardener]

1. Poor man. He's what, 75? Brittle bones, slow to heal at that age.

I wish him a speedy recovery.

[shenmue]

4. Me too

[SummerSnow]

2. he may have temporarily lost vision in his right eye...but he is still watching those grimey Rethugs

[niyad]

3. that does not sound good at all. best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery.

[Sunlei]

5. That was a hard fall. Get well soon Harry Reid!

[secondwind]

6. Get well soon, Senator Reid! we need you!

[herding cats]

7. That's terrible!

I hope the situation resolves itself and he gets his full vision back!

[csziggy]

8. Is the eyeball itself filled with blood or just the eye socket?

I lost sight temporarily in my right eye after getting smacked on the eye ridge by a horse. It cracked the orbital ridge and gave me a spectacular black eye that extended halfway down my face. The bleeding into the eye socket put pressure on the optical nerve making me blind in that eye for a couple of weeks. There was no lasting damage and the vision in that eye is no worse than it ever was.

Hopefully, that is all that has happened to Senator Reid and his eye - and the rest of his body - will recover shortly.

[nomorenomore08]

9. Ouch. Not good, especially at his age.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. I saw the clip of him, speaking to the Senate. He looked just terrible, poor man!

Oh, wait! The video is available at the link:

[tblue]

11. Poor guy.

We need another Dem leader in the Senate, but I don't wish anything bad on Harry. Hope he heals completely and quickly. Sending him healing vibes.