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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Actually, you re-stole it after I stole it. ;O)
News reports did not sound good for Johnson either.
"Compound". Why do they always make it sound like he lives in an East German prison?
no, it’s already sprouting coral.. did you know we had a seawater pool installed at the clubhouse.,, I didn’t? so much for Tork running any more projects. ;-)
Why THANK you! I lost that picture in fotki *somewhere*...!!!
Ahem.
BORROWED FOR FUTURE USE!!!!
Hyannisport
Amen.
Wow! Neat trick!
When Gramps gets home, I’ll (accidently) toss him in the pool and throw one at him.
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Um, and then, flee..........
Susan Estrich can ruin anybody’s day! She must get her plastic surgery done for free, no self respecting surgeon would charge fir the abortive work they have attempted on her hopeless face! No offense intended or implied!
i couldn't have said it better.
free dixie,sw
No, most of us are trying.
Hey MD - I’m trying to remember - aren’t seizures a symptom of hepatic failure? (related to high NH4 levels?)
speaking of flee, off to the stores where the air conditioning works real good. and in the pool in a bit. :-)
It's the right color for one brand of bag masks.....
grammie stole it, I just borrowed it.............. :-D
Sen. Kennedy had seizure, undergoing tests
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Sat May 17, 2008 1:56pm EDT
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy is "resting comfortably" and is undergoing tests at a Boston hospital, where he was taken after a seizure on Saturday morning, his office said in a statement.
"It appears that Senator Kennedy experienced a seizure this morning. He is undergoing a battery of tests at Massachusetts General Hospital to determine the cause of the seizure.
"Senator Kennedy is resting comfortably, and it is unlikely we will know anything more for the next 48 hours," the statement said. (Reporting by Thomas Ferraro, editing by Jackie Frank)
Drive safely!
Our air went out yesterday. Again. It was SO nice and toasty in here! :(
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