Vermont Sen. Leahy undergoes second surgery on broken hip

The Associated Press ^ | July 20, 2022

[lee martell]

Well, he does belong to the Party of the Donkey.

[IndyTiger]

Yes, years ago my recently widowed mom fell and broke her wrist. It was just a steady downhill slide after that. She passed within three years.

[RockyTx]

:)

[Doc91678]

Ping!

[Getready]

Infected implant probably, or bones not growing back fast enough....or sloppy surgery. Or.... it’s his time. Hope for the best.

[Tipllub]

yup. I don’t know why it is that so many politicians have no interest in ever retiring and would prefer to die in office.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I hope it is a very long healing process which precludes his travel to the Capitol. Once he's fully healed and well enough to travel, then it will be time for him to resign.

[kiryandil]

Retire already, Leaky.

[MagUSNRET]

While he is in there, a bit of alcohol DETOX wouldnt hurt the old buzzard either

[Betty Jane]

Let us pray he refuses to retire until January and that he isn’t healthy enough to return to the senate. He is not running for re-election. Now, let’s pray that a Republican replaces him.

[eeriegeno]

It would be a damned shame if they ran out of pain pills

[samadams2000]

Let’s hope the staph doesn’t ..LEAK.

[PGR88]

Most people his age do not recover completely from a broken hip.

my father fell and broke his hip. After the operation to fix it, he died of a heart-attack. We think it was heart problems that caused him to fall/collapse in the first place.

[PGR88]

I don’t know why it is that so many politicians have no interest in ever retiring and would prefer to die in office.

Arrogance. Hubris. No religious faith. They have spent their lives accumulating money and power, its all they know. Their life has zero meaning beyond it. They could never admit - there are others who have more energy and brain-power than me who would be better in the job.

[Bob434]

[[yup. I don’t know why it is that so many politicians have no interest in ever retiring and would prefer to die in office.]]

because they dread being home all day with their spouses?

[Fungi]

Never mind the hip, he needs surgery on a broken mind.

[1Old Pro]

Senators have to present in Chambers for any vote.

Pretty soon they'll need a bunch of wheelchairs to push the likes of Leahy and Feinstein and Biden around.

[Nateman]

Mortality in hip fracture patients is 3 fold higher than that in the general population . Bye bye leaky Leahy.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Thank you. That was going to be my question: Nancy Pelosi’s dictatorship allows democrats in the House to “vote by mail”. So the Senate now only only can get 49 (social communists (er, democrats) on the floor for their next vote? Or 48? Somebody else had a stroke recently.

[Robert A Cook PE]

My mother in law broke her left wrist in early December. Still trying to recover. Worse, her right side fine muscle control was destroyed by a stroke 18 months before that. Difficult, and she fights getting help and resuming her PT. Would rather sit and watch TV movies.