If that is true .. I doubt very much it's a stroke .. definitely sounds like he had an aneurysm
Sending more prayers for the Senator
Update - 12/13/2006
Senator Johnson Suffers Health Emergency
Two Democratic sources tell CNN that Senator Tim Johnson was undergoing brain surgery Wednesday night at George Washington University Hospital.
The senator was taken to the hospital Wednesday for stroke-like symptoms, but his Communications Director Julieanne Fischer tells CNN, Johnson did not suffer a stroke or heart attack.
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If this is the case, I don't wish brain surgery on anyone. Wishing him a safe outcome and recovery.
An aneurysm is worse than a stroke.
My diagnosis..... TIA Transient Ischemic Attack
The surgery is the rotorooter operation, the routing out of the caratoid artery.
The corotid artery develops plaque buildup and must be scraped clean. Once the blockage is removed, blood flow resumes.