Posted on 05/17/2008 9:02:55 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
HYANNIS -- U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy was rushed by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital this morning after falling ill at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport.
Hyannis fire responded to the compound after a call was made around 8:30 a.m. It's unclear what Kennedy's medical condition is, but after he spent almost two hours in the emergency room a decision was made to transfer him to Mass General Hospital in Boston.
Kennedy, 76, was placed on a stretcher and wheeled out to the MedFlight helicopter around 10:15 a.m. where it took off from Barnstable Municipal Airport.
The Kennedy family is preparing to host the annual Best Buddies Challenge event in Hyannisport this afternoon, which is a fund-raiser for the organization. Best Buddies was founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver and helps people with intellectual disabilities.
Hundreds are expected to participate in the event, which kicked off this morning with a 100-mile bicycle ride from the Kennedy Library in Boston to Hyannisport.
A concert at the Kennedy compound is scheduled for tonight.
Kennedy has represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate for forty-three years.
He was elected in 1962 to finish the final two years of the Senate term of his brother, Senator John F. Kennedy, who was elected president in 1960.
Since then, Kennedy has been re-elected to seven full terms, and is now the second most senior member of the Senate.
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I was whining....
..I apologize.
Really not sure what your standard is but I hope you are around when Castro is on his sick bed and people on this site are dancing around it.
I was whining....
..I apologize.
We all know how DU has reacted each and every time a conservative or Republican leader/icon (<-- notice how I separated the two? Yeah, it was intentional...especially these days) has fallen ill or passed on. The level and depth of hatred and venom coming from there should force every Freeper to go the extra mile to be tasteful.
I know I struggled on a prior thread to be tactful and gracious (but that was one of the threads that ultimately got pulled).
Prayers...
Given his history, it could have been an alcohol withdrawal seizure and have nothing to do with a stroke. We’ll have to wait for the statement from the hospital.
or the D.T.’s
Actually, I belong to PETA:
People Eating Tasty Animals.
Amen
Listen. If this were President Bush and he were in potentially grave condition because of a stroke, would you want posts concerning his immigration policy yanked or no? As Laura and others were facing his incapacitation would you want folks bringing up all of the policies they disagree with him on? How about former President Bush? Would this be the time for people to harp on him not finishing Saddam off? We aren’t saying there isn’t room for complaints about Kennedy. We are saying now is not the time to air them. That’s all.
great minds run in the same channels! Lets pray that’s all it is.
This is a thread about a medical emergency. Most of us have experienced such know that they are horrible times.
There are other threads to vent about what people think about Ted’s politics.
Where are Freeper’s good manners?
Last warning. If you keep this up, the thread will be locked. This is a volunteer job and I'm spending a fine Saturday babysitting. Don't ruin it for the other posters because you can't get over yourself.
However you may feel about Ted Kennedy or his politics, as Christians we are supposed to pray for and love our neighbor.
Almighty and Eternal God,
You are the everlasting health of those who believe in You.
Hear us for Your sick servant
for whom we implore the aid of Your tender mercy,
that being restored to bodily health,
he may give thanks to You in Your Church.
Through Christ our Lord.
Thy will be done
Amen
sounds about right
classy statement G. Good job.
So do they put alcohol in the IV to treat that?
I’m sorry, I wasn’t calling you that. I was just explaining what the acronym “PITA” stood for.
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