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Liberty Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 11:59 PM
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Presidential candidates offer prayers for Senator Kennedy
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Source: Washington Post

Updated 2:03 p.m.
By Matthew Mosk
EUGENE, Ore. -- Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) was transported by helicopter from Cape Cod Hospital to Massachusetts General Hospital this morning after an emergency call from the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port. The Boston Globe is reporting that doctors believe Kennedy "suffered a seizure at his home in Hyannis Port this morning, then a second seizure as he was being transported by helicopter from Cape Cod Hospital."

"He is undergoing a battery of tests at Massachusetts General Hospital to determine the cause of the seizure," said his spokesperson, Stephanie Cutter. "Senator Kennedy is resting comfortably, and it is unlikely we will know anything more for the next 48 hours."

The hospital is expected to provide a briefing this afternoon on the condition of the 76-year old Kennedy, who joined the Senate in 1962.

Sen. Barack Obama, who has enjoyed Kennedy's aggressive backing in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, offered his prayers and best wishes while on a campaign stop at a hospital in Eugene, Ore


Read more: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/17/obama_offers_prayers_for_sen_k.html?hpid=topnews



Get well, Teddy! We need your strong voice in Congress.


updated info this evening in the Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/05/ted_kennedy_sai.html

Senator Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized today after suffering a seizure, triggering shock in the political world and drawing an outpouring of support from across the nation and the ideological spectrum.

The 76-year-old Democrat, a tireless advocate for liberal causes and the surviving patriarch of the storied Kennedy political dynasty, was talkative and joking with family members this afternoon, friends and associates said. His condition was considered serious, they said, but his life did not appear to be in imminent danger.

‘‘Senator Kennedy was admitted to Massachusetts General today after experiencing a seizure at his home,’’ Kennedy’s personal physician, Dr. Larry Ronan, said in a statement released tonight. ‘‘Preliminary tests have determined that he has not suffered a stroke and is not in any immediate danger. He’s resting comfortably and watching the Red Sox game with his family.

‘‘Over the next couple of days, Senator Kennedy will undergo further evaluation to determine the cause of the seizure, and a course of treatment will be determined at that time,’’ Ronan said.

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