Posted on 01/09/2015 11:01:40 AM PST by Second Amendment First
Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said Friday that his eye injuries remain so severe that doctors can't yet determine whether his full vision will be restored.
Reid suffered at least three broken ribs and broke several bones around his right eye last week while exercising at his suburban Las Vegas home. The injuries kept him from coming to Capitol Hill this week for the start of the 114th Session of Congress.
Speaking from Washington, where he's on doctors' orders to stay home and recover, Reid said doctors are "very hopeful" he will have full vision, but "This isn’t anything that’s a slam dunk. I had a serious injury in my eye, there’s blood accumulation there and they’re hoping it resolves itself. As long as there’s blood in my eye, it’s hard to see."
He explained in great detail for KNPR's "State of Nevada" radio program how the injuries happened during one of his regular, intense workout routines:
"Three days a week I have an exercise routine. I do 250 situps, I some yoga-type stuff for a little while and then I’ve been using for the last three or [so] plus years, these bands. I use one that’s the second-strongest you can get, it’s dark grey. Anyway, I do those things hundreds of times three days a week. I do different routines. And I was doing almost finished at my new home in Nevada and the band broke and it catapulted me backwards and to one side. I crashed into a series of cabinets we have and fortunately it missed my temple by just a little tiny bit and it hit me in my right eye and it broke a number of bones around my right eye and broke four ribs and a few bruises other places."
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Right eye? Of course, it would never be the left one.
Harry’s real home is in DC where he owns an apartment at a fancy hotel.
That’s what I want to know? It’s some sort of religious painting on the cover. I tried to find it on-line. Looked at Mormon and Muslim paintings, but I couldn’t find it.
“there’s blood accumulation there and they’re hoping it resolves itself.”
Well, I don’t! Let it stay! Fitting end to this piece of garbage.
I concur, if he does 250 situps 3 X a week he’d have much better posture.
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And he wouldn’t stumble into a bunch of cabinets.
A healthclub would be sued to the max if it kept such objects in an exercise area.
Anyway, the positioning of this book is 100% staged.
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Didn’t Jesus warn about people who do such things?
Two people of r/s look like they have halos, holding baby. L/s object looks like a doghouse. I can’t enlarge to get any more detail.
Interesting book....sitting on top of that stack.
Second that!! HAHAHA!!
Ha!!
Holy smoke! If that’s Patty Murray, I’m paying her way too much. Let’s start by cutting her food budget.
Harry got a serious tuneup. A lying old fart his age should avoid making his enemies that angry, especially if they can get close enough to communicate on such a personal level.
Liberals lie all the time.
If an exercise machine is capable to doing this to an incompetent user........there would be a lawsuit.
Vodka, stairs, seems to be a more rational explanation.
Heck, I don’t even know what parameters to put into a search to look for it...
“I think he pissed off his mob bosses.”
Jim that was actually my first thought when I saw this story about an exercise injury.
It seemed more likely that an employee of his real boss named Tony paid him a visit.
This is the real Murderers Row...... of the unborn.
Would muslims use halo’s in their paintings?
I am not fond of his politics, but I hope he doesn’t lose sight in his eye. That has to be awful and scary.
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