Sen. Ted Kennedy Taken to Cape Cod Hospital

[ben_meyers]

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/

Breaking News >> Sen. Ted Kennedy Taken to Cape Cod Hospital, Condition Unknown

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/

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update

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429104,00.html

[UndertheOcean]

1. oh no....

[hogwyld]

11. Please be well Teddy

You are in all of our thoughts and prayers.

[LisaM]

2. Well, crap, that doesn't sound good

Thanks for posting.

[Solly Mack]

3. Well, damn

[JI7]

4. please let him be ok

we love you Teddy.

[AFSCME girl]

5. Oh, man....n/t

[LaurenG]

6. Good vibes Senator Kennedy

:hug:

[Ian David]

7. Can you please find a link to a legitimate news source? Thanks! n/t

[d_b]

8. hope he's alright =/

[UndertheOcean]

9. nothing on CNN yet

[Xipe Totec]

10. Fuck! (nt)

[UndertheOcean]

12. coming from fox this is very suspicous

[Hepburn]

22. Just heard the same on MSNBC from Tweety. n/t

[maddezmom]

13. WBZ-TV in Boston has a breaking banner now

http://wbztv.com/

Breaking News Sen. Ted Kennedy is at Cape Cod Hospital, staff members confirm. It is unclear why he is at the facility.

:(

[AFSCME girl]

17. Please hang on, Teddy....

:cry:

[madmax]

14. Hang on Teddy

Sending good wishes to Senator Ted. :loveya:

[calimary]

20. Yes, LOTS of prayers.

:hug:

[AFSCME girl]

Link from Boston Herald.com

Not much information, though....

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_09_26_Kennedy_taken_to_hospital/srvc=home&position=0

[bluesmail]

15. Crap. NO NO!

[Triana]

16. Oh GOD. PLEASE - I hope he's OK!

:scared:

[Pastiche423]

18. No, no, no, no, no!

Please let him be o-kay.

[Bennyboy]

19. Oh no.....

Be well Ted. Be well.

[Raine]

21. Oh GOD PLEASE look after this wonderful man!

This makes me sick I love that man so much, I'm so scared for him. :-(

[maddezmom]

23. Sen. Ted Kennedy Taken To Hospital In Mass. staff members confirmed Friday evening

Sen. Ted Kennedy Taken To Hospital In Mass.
BOSTON (AP) ― Sen. Ted Kennedy is at Cape Cod Hospital in Massachusetts, staff members confirmed Friday evening.

It is unclear why he is at the facility.

Kennedy had a seizure in May and underwent surgery in June for a malignant brain tumor.

http://cbs4.com/national/Ted.Kennedy.hospital.2.826773.html

[maddezmom]

27. He was alert and responsive in the ambulance

Sen. Ted Kennedy Taken To Hospital In Mass.
BOSTON (CBS) ― Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has been in treatment for brain cancer, was taken to a hospital near his Cape Cod, Mass. vacation home after complaining of feeling ill.

Barnstable, Mass. police Sgt. Ben Baxter said the 911 call from the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port came at about 5:10 p.m. on Friday.

Baxter said Kennedy was then taken by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital. Baxter said Kennedy was "alert and responsive" during the trip.

Representatives of Kennedy and the hospital did not immediately return calls for comment.

http://cbs3.com/topstories/Ted.Kennedy.hospital.2.826773.html

[Usrename]

24. Oh, no.

Damn.

[sunnystarr]

25. Our prayers are with you Teddy ... (nt)

[pleah]

26. I just heard it on Hardball a couple of minutes ago.

I hope it is just a minor set back.:(

[Haole Girl]

28. Sending good thoughts and prayers to Sen. Kennedy and his family

:hug:

[iandhr]

29. My thoughts...

and prayers. God speed Senator

[kmdemqueen]

30. oh my god !

I know I just heard. This awful. I can't believe it. I hope he is ok. He is a strong guy. :cry:

[Janice325]

31. It's under "Breaking News" at the top of msnbc.com :-(

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

Sending positive thoughts to Senator Kennedy.

Edited to add a that there's a link to the story now:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26907644/

[windbreeze]

32. fingers/toes crossed....be well, Sen Kennedy...n/t

[pnwmom]

33. Thoughts and prayers to Ted and his family. n/t

[JoFerret]

34. He will be there for the inauguration

Hold a strong thought.

Prepare for the best.

[EFerrari]

36. Okay. Will do.

[bitchkitty]

35. I hope this setback is temporary.

Googling for more news on the Senator's condition, I found this blurb from a few days ago:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/1172891,CST-NWS-SNEED19.article

<snip>
Backshot: "He gave every ounce of courage to attend that convention, where an attack of kidney stones caused him to be delivered by ambulance," said a source.

Update: "And although he still goes sailing every day at 2 p.m., he is getting weaker and weaker. He's a very ill man. It's been said he could have three weeks, three months or three years . . . but I wouldn't bet three years."
</snip>

[DeepModem Mom]

37. Olbermann reports that his office says he's been released and hurrying to get home for the debate.nt

[TexasLady]

38. He's not goin ANYwhere. He's got an election to help win.

hot DAMN glad he's doing better.

[Pastiche423]

39. It appear that he is o-kay...

US senator Edward Kennedy, who is being treated for brain cancer, was tonight taken to a hospital near his Cape Cod vacation home after complaining of feeling unwell.

However, the US television network Fox has reported that former presidential candidate and Massachusetts senator John Kerry has spoken to Senator Kennedy, and says that he is due to leave hospital and return to his home within the next hour.

Barnstable police sergeant Ben Baxter says an emergency call from the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port came about 5pm ET on Friday evening.

Baxter said Kennedy has been taken by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital. He says Kennedy had been "alert and responsive" during the trip.

Representatives of Kennedy and the hospital did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

Kennedy had a seizure in May and underwent surgery in June for a malignant brain tumor. After undergoing six weeks of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, he has been increasing his public activity.

Senator Kerry said that the Kennedy was looking forward to going home to watch tonight's televised debate between the presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/27/usa


Whew!

[npk]

40. Thoughts and Prayers

with Sen. Kennedy.

[Marnieworld]

41. Fuck!

I just got an email from him today and it was just so nice to see him in the mix. Shit fuck shit. I hope he can hang on just a bit longer. Dammit! :cry:

[debbierlus]

42. May Obama Channel the Lion Tonight

:dem:

[eowyn_of_rohan]

43. I hope he can stay with us, and his loved ones, awhile longer...

Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light

[arthritisR_US]

44. Ted, you're the best.....please get well. n/t

[dgibby]

45. Good News!

MSNBC just reported that it was a small seizure and he's already back home!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Dinger]

46. Teddy Is My Senator! (And I Live In Wisconsin!)

Prayers and healing to you Mr. Kennedy!

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

47. Just a small seizure? No such thing with a brain tumor.

I'm afraid Ted will not be with us much longer.

[GirlieQ]

48. It's reasonably common with the meds that he's probably taking.

With my grandparents we always called 911, but it usually wasn't anything to worry about.

[Window]

49. Prayers and good thoughts for the Lion of the Senate and his family.

[rebel with a cause]

50. Kennedy has returned home. A reaction to a change

in medication is given responsibility for his problems today.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26907644/

I take a lot of medication and I know that when there is something added on, or one of them changed there is always some type of reaction. I am younger and don't have the same illness Senator Kennedy has, so mine reactions are probably not as bad as his would be, and mine are bad enough for me. ;)

[sce56]

51. Has anyone linked his cancer to Cell Phone use?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mobile-phone-use-raises-childrens-risk-of-brain-cancer-fivefold-937005.html

Mobile phone use 'raises children's risk of brain cancer fivefold'

Alarming new research from Sweden on the effects of radiation raises fears that today's youngsters face an epidemic of the disease in later life

By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor
Sunday, 21 September 2008

Children and teenagers are five times more likely to get brain cancer if they use mobile phones, startling new research indicates.

The study, experts say, raises fears that today's young people may suffer an "epidemic" of the disease in later life. At least nine out of 10 British 16-year-olds have their own handset, as do more than 40 per cent of primary schoolchildren.

Yet investigating dangers to the young has been omitted from a massive £3.1m British investigation of the risks of cancer from using mobile phones, launched this year, even though the official Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) Programme – which is conducting it – admits that the issue is of the "highest priority".

Despite recommendations of an official report that the use of mobiles by children should be "minimised", the Government has done almost nothing to discourage it.

Last week the European Parliament voted by 522 to 16 to urge ministers across Europe to bring in stricter limits for exposure to radiation from mobile and cordless phones, Wi-fi and other devices, partly because children are especially vulnerable to them. They are more at risk because their brains and nervous systems are still developing and because – since their heads are smaller and their skulls are thinner – the radiation penetrates deeper into their brains.

[BrklynLiberal]

55. I did read that he had a glioma, which is the type of tumor that is associated with the brain cell

changes caused by cell phone radiation.

[uppityperson]

57. Did he use a cell phone as a child?

[sce56]

58. No but I'm sure he has owned one longer than most since Politicians and people in high positions

started using them before the general public.

[silverojo]

52. You know what was additionally saddening to me?

The first I heard of this was when John McSame mentioned it during the debate. Why the hell didn't Obama have enough class to do so? Ted Kennedy is a legendary Democratic figure, ferchrissake, and I have to learn about this news from a slimesucking Republican? :cry:

Ted Kennedy is being so brave about this, though you know he must really be suffering, considering his condition and his age. My prayers are with the Kennedys at this difficult time.

[question everything]

53. Wondered the same thing

yet, judging by the reports here, he has already left the hospital when the debate started, and perhaps Obama knew it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

54. It's possible that Obama hadn't been informed...

Someone should have told him.

[humbled_opinion]

56. You would think that someone in

his campaign would have clued him in. The tribute during the Convention was heartwarming and brought tears to many Americans eyes. Teddy thoughts and prayers are up.

[goclark]

59. Onama and Kennedy are like Brothers ~ Kennedy was out of

the hospital by that time I read.

Obama would have been the first to know, he was not disrespectful at all.