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Serene Branson 'hospitalised after Grammy's speech problems'(May have suffered stroke on air-Video)
The Telegraph ^ | 2/14/2011 | The Telegraph

Posted on 02/14/2011 3:32:39 PM PST by Dallas59

CBS Los Angeles reporter Serene Branson has reportedly been taken to hospital for tests after stumbling incomprehensibly over her words during a Grammy's broadcast.

After being introduced from the studio, Branson began "Well a very, very...", before mispronouncing "heavily". Trying again, she was still unable to get the word out and continued with a train of unintelligible sounds.

It is feared that she may have suffered a stroke on air.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: stroke; tv
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To: Dallas59

WOW no way.I know who she is, she is very young..WOW hope she is Ok..I did not see the report last night since the grammys here ended around 11:30, went straight to bed after wards


21 posted on 02/14/2011 3:55:39 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Dallas59

I heard one of the local AM radio personalities mocking this lady today, and when I heard the tape for the first time I was shocked that anyone would think this was anything but a severe medical episode of some sort.

Prayers for her speedy diagnosis and a successful recovery.


22 posted on 02/14/2011 3:56:29 PM PST by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts...)
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To: dinoparty

When the camera went from her to the anchors, there was someone laughing, hysterically.


23 posted on 02/14/2011 3:58:38 PM PST by Jrabbit
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To: Dallas59

Why would anyone want to watch such a thing?


25 posted on 02/14/2011 4:06:39 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (talk to the hand)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Glad you posted that. I thought I read an hour or two ago that she was NOT taken to the hospital. Wow, I hope she made the correct decision. I’ve read TIAs can have immediate but temporary affects and the person can return to normal quickly. Massive stokes can occur a few days later. She should have been checked out.

Is there any drug that can do the same to a person besides salvia? Not that I think she was on drugs, but why not go to the hospital?


26 posted on 02/14/2011 4:12:17 PM PST by EnquiringMind
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To: Dallas59

Wow.

I pray she recovers well.


27 posted on 02/14/2011 4:12:39 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: Dallas59
“Despite a report from London’s Daily Telegraph that she was hospitalized, Branson may have merely been checked by EMT personnel and sent home with a friend, according to Kristin Cruz, co-host of the Mark & Kristin Show on KOST 103.5 in Los Angeles.

CBS 2 News in LA has yet to comment on the incident.”

28 posted on 02/14/2011 4:13:33 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
The young woman's vital signs were normal and she wasn't hospitalized, CBS said. A colleague took her home as a precaution and she said she was "feeling fine" Monday morning, according to the channel.

She needs to be seen by a Neurologist ASAP. It could be something as simple as a PFO or much worse. This was her warning and someone needs to counsel her immediately to seek help. The aphasia and facial muscle weakness was a neurological event.
29 posted on 02/14/2011 4:17:44 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media. There are Wars and Rumors of War.)
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To: raybbr

It reminded me of the Jessica Savitch newsbreak where she was just incoherent. But she was totally high at the time.


30 posted on 02/14/2011 4:21:42 PM PST by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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To: Bean Counter

Anyone that can mock this woman’s obvious medical crisis are just disgusting individuals. I just saw the video, that looked downright scary. If she did have a transient ischemic attack she needs to be seen by a doctor right away, because it could be a precursor to a stroke.


31 posted on 02/14/2011 4:23:08 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Dallas59

There was a story a few days ago about diet sodas being linked to strokes for younger people.


32 posted on 02/14/2011 4:23:16 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Dallas59

A simple explanation: the camera was rolling the tape bakwards!


33 posted on 02/14/2011 4:27:52 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: the invisib1e hand

People should know the symptoms in case it happens to someone close.


34 posted on 02/14/2011 4:28:22 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

yep...there but for the Grace of God goes any one of us.


35 posted on 02/14/2011 4:31:24 PM PST by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts...)
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To: Bean Counter

There, indeed, but for the Grace of God!

Three months ago that was me, when while conducting a church service I began stumbling, only barely recognized where I was, and could not for the life of me remember what I had just been doing for the last hour. What followed was the most frustrating and scary few hours of my life, as I gradually regained control.

Pray for Serene.


36 posted on 02/14/2011 5:02:26 PM PST by mcswan
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To: Dallas59

That’s a CVA.


37 posted on 02/14/2011 5:03:44 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Dallas59

I remember when Gerald Ford was giving a speech and something was obviously wrong, enough so that I almost called the station. Sure enough, two days later it was reported that he had a stroke.


38 posted on 02/14/2011 5:37:26 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Palin 2012: don't retreat, just restock [chg'd to comply w/ The Civility in Discourse Act of 2011])
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To: Revolting cat!

Not funny you effing ahole


39 posted on 02/14/2011 6:54:25 PM PST by balls (Government workers have plundered our wealth. Demand reparations!)
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To: Danae

“I have had two of these events..”

I am so happy that you are feeling better. I think to lose a body function that suddenly must be overwhelmingly frightening.


40 posted on 02/14/2011 7:05:38 PM PST by momtothree
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