Posted on 12/24/2024 4:54:57 AM PST by CFW
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived back at her California home on Wednesday after suffering a fall in “very high” heels and undergoing hip replacement surgery during her trip to Europe.
The California congresswoman, 84, was spotted apparently talking into a pink cellphone in a black vehicle outside her San Francisco home in the first pictures of her in the US exclusively obtained by The Post.
“Speaker Pelosi is well on the mend and continues to work,” her spokesperson Ian Krager told The Post.
Pelosi was visiting a World War II battlefield site in Luxembourg on Friday when she fell down marble steps while wearing heels — and posed for a picture immediately after.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) explained that the Democrat was almost down the staircase at the Grand Ducal Palace when she took a painful tumble.
“I was right next to her. She likes to wear high heels — very high. She was on one of her last steps on this marble staircase that didn’t have a railing and she lost her footing and fell to the ground,” McCaul told reporters after the incident.
“I immediately helped pick her up. And we took a picture of that. You can see me holding her up by her hand and then very soon thereafter, a vehicle showed up and took her to the hospital.”
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“Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement and is well on the mend,” spokesperson Ian Krager said.
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This seems to be an awfully quick recovery time for a 84 year old woman. Hip replacement surgery and then back to riding in the limo in four days.
It says a lot about Pelosi’s judgement that at her age & general frailness she is wearing high heels. Her arrogance & vanity exceeds her sense.
Sounds like a script read by a man sent out to dispel doubts among the public.
I entered the incorrect date for the article. It’s dated 12/18. Pelosi had surgery on 12/14.
“Sounds like a script read by a man sent out to dispel doubts among the public.”
It does doesn’t it? A fabricated story usually adds the small unnecessary details to try to make it sound plausible.
Yes is the answer to your question. It is approaching outpatient status.
Is that standard procedure, to help to her feet an 84-year-old who’s just fallen on marble steps and broken her hip?
She would have the best care available and patients usually do better in the comfort of home. However, I give her 6 months.
What’s interesting about this story is the author.
I’m betting it was given to Glebova and the NYP a for very good reason.
What? She took a vehicle to the hospital instead of running?
I broke my hip years ago
I wish her a slow and painful recovery
I never used any pain pills
Pretty sure she’s going be heavily medicated
A friend had a hip replacement a couple of years ago and it was outpatient, he went in the morning and was home by 7 pm. He was only 56 so I’m sure that factored into it, but they do everything they can to shove you out the door nowadays.
It’s not like she’s flying coach. I found this.
For official government business or international travel, they use government-owned aircraft, such as military planes or other specialized government planes.
These aircraft are typically operated by the US Air Force or other government agencies, and are used to transport officials and dignitaries for diplomatic and other government purposes.
She should use DHL freight.
Not wearing her striped socks?
“Speaker Pelosi is well on the mend and continues to work,”
Thanks a rot for ruining Christmas with that news.
She lost her broom
Speaking of vanity, Pelosi now holds the title of “Speaker Emerita”, which is a made-up title not found anywhere in the Constitution.
Why won’t the nasty NY Post refer to Pelosi by that august designation?
You have to wonder about having someone with a broken hip stand. On the face of it this is a very questionable decision if it truly happened. First rule is don’t move someone until you evaluate the injuries.
I wonder if that was planned in order to get perhaps a German doctor with a great reputation to install her “hip replacement”
I don’t put ANYTHING past her.
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