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Update: Chief Justice John Roberts Suffered Seizure, Remains in Hospital
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Posted on 07/30/2007 12:26:04 PM PDT by PilloryHillary

Edited on 07/30/2007 4:25:05 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Justice Roberts had a fall, taken to hospital. NO other details as of yet.


Update: Fox News

Chief Justice John Roberts Suffered Seizure, Remains in Hospital

Monday, July 30, 2007

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts suffered what is being described by doctors as a "benign idiopathic seizure" after falling Monday at his summer home in Maine.

He is staying in Penobscot Bay Medical Center overnight for observation, court officials told FOX News.

Excerpt. More at Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291465,00.html


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: epilepsy; grandmalseizure; johnroberts; justiceroberts; scotus
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To: Larry Lucido

God Bless Justice Roberts.


101 posted on 07/30/2007 5:38:51 PM PDT by Shortstop7
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To: Anti-Bubba182
He was with friends who took him by boat to the hospital. Roberts had the seizure and then he fell (obvious chronology for someone hvg a seizure). MSNBC reported "foaming at the mouth" but hospital wouldn't confirm or deny. That would be more of a convulsion.

It's all in the neurotransmitters. Sounds like Roberts' neurotransmitters went haywire today and he'll probably be on some kind of seizure meds for awhile.

102 posted on 07/30/2007 5:44:31 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's List - 8mmmauser & DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: ravingnutter

I’m surprised there’s a DUmmie that can spell “Constitution”, much less figure out what it means.


103 posted on 07/30/2007 5:45:25 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Egad.)
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To: rwfromkansas

benign seizure. Tests showed no permanent damage.


104 posted on 07/30/2007 5:46:00 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's List - 8mmmauser & DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: mware

#####Alexander also had seizures.#####

You are correct. In fact, it helped Alexander because in his day it was thought that a seizure was a sign that someone was in contact with the gods. People thought the gods must have chosen Alexander to lead them.


105 posted on 07/30/2007 5:46:51 PM PDT by puroresu
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To: counterpunch
I hope he didn’t hit his head and wake up a liberal, like what happened to Gilligan on the coconut episode.

I thought that was how Souter was explained to us; since he was originally billed as a conservative. Yeah RIGHT!

106 posted on 07/30/2007 5:53:29 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: Palladin

Yeah, so much for the HIPPA privacy rights. Those were not written to protect conservatives apparently.


107 posted on 07/30/2007 5:56:50 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's List - 8mmmauser & DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: advance_copy

He’s probably staying at the hospital overnight to watch him due to the fall more than due to the seizure. They’ll be trying to keep him awake all night due to the fall. He may have had a mild concussion or hurt his neck when he fell. The seizure imo led to the mild traumatic brain injury due to the fall. There should be no release of medical information unless his family authorizes it. So far, they’ve tried to give a bare bones update which is what they’re supposed to do.


108 posted on 07/30/2007 6:00:01 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's List - 8mmmauser & DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: PilloryHillary

Prayers for Justice Roberts!


109 posted on 07/30/2007 6:00:06 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: Kuksool

You missed it-—he already did.


110 posted on 07/30/2007 6:00:56 PM PDT by taillightchaser (!)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

There are different triggers for seizures and they are more common than the public is led to believe. There’s kind of a stigma imo. There are varying degrees and different kinds of seizures. The public at large pictures someone writing on the ground swallowing their tongue. That’s only one example of a kind of seizure.


111 posted on 07/30/2007 6:02:49 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's List - 8mmmauser & DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: pamlet
This summer, there's been people where I live having seizures. I think it's the tap water and I am drinking bottled water again. The fire dept. and paramedics have been at this complex frequently this summer. There was a bldg fire today and some seizures called in.

Make sure if you buy spring bottled water, it's not public water. Get real spring or distilled water. Even tap water can cause seizures.

112 posted on 07/30/2007 6:06:07 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's List - 8mmmauser & DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

Wow - thanks for that recounting. Bet that was a bit scary. There are a lot of things that bring on “episodes” - a friend of mine has meniere’s disease and episodes send her spinning down to the floor.....and yes she can feel them coming on now so knows to lie down before she falls down. Got to be totally unfun.


113 posted on 07/30/2007 6:06:51 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: PilloryHillary

My prayers are with Justice Roberts. America needs him. But honestly, in my heart of hearts, I believe he’ll be okay.


114 posted on 07/30/2007 6:08:25 PM PDT by SConservative
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To: patriciaruth

Food allergies can cause the brain go to haywire or some of the new energy drinks can mess up the brain. I’m thinking it was stress from work, something he ate or drank that he doesn’t usually have or his neurotransmitters just needed to do some housecleaning. Medications can cause seizures but usually in people over 65: like Ativan.


115 posted on 07/30/2007 6:08:38 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's List - 8mmmauser & DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: PilloryHillary

One last thing, though: I’m sure that being the victim of liberal assault is one of the things that hurts him. Raving demoniacs like Charles Schumer don’t help the poor man. May God bless the good wing of the SCOTUS.


116 posted on 07/30/2007 6:09:28 PM PDT by SConservative
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To: mware

PET scans show more than mris or cat scans. Even so, PET scans are not definitive. Neurology doesn’t have all the answers. Could be as simple as a food or drink allergy. Seriesly.


117 posted on 07/30/2007 6:11:24 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's List - 8mmmauser & DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: BobS

Yes, if was dehydrated and drank the wrong thing for it, that could trigger a seizure. Sports/energy drinks are not safe for everybody. If one of his hip friends gave him a sports drink, that could have made him crash.


118 posted on 07/30/2007 6:13:18 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's List - 8mmmauser & DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

Typo correction: someone writhing on the ground not WRITING on the ground. (I need to go write on the ground now).


119 posted on 07/30/2007 6:15:34 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's List - 8mmmauser & DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: PilloryHillary
Schumer is probably trying to figure out how to call for Roberts to step down because of his brain injury, while simultaneously denying that Tim Johnson should step down because of his brain injury.

-PJ

120 posted on 07/30/2007 6:15:45 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
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